What started all this exploration of Italy? A nudging query from a friend. An internet search. And far too many reminders that life is much too short. Too many friends and family members have “had their numbers come up”. They’ve gotten “that news”. It’s a gulper and has rattled me each time.

They say you can’t learn from someone else’s life. I want to refute that and take their news as a lesson to put as much life in my life as possible.

When on the metro here in Milano, on those occasions when I stop at “Fermata Montenapoleone“, I enjoy the tilework on the columns, and it reminds me to enjoy my life.