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Journal Articles
The Air is Fresh and Clean
It's a lovely day here in Seattle. The sun was shining first thing this morning while I scurried around to get the...
A Question of Perspective
My house in Seattle is a mansion. My living room here is as big as my whole apartment in Milan. All of this space for...
Fast on the Canal
The fence joints along the canal were interesting to Dad, so I had stopped to take some detail shots. One of the...
No Shoehorns
This has been crystallizing for a while and I finally honed it to this kernel: "If you have to use a shoehorn, maybe...
Luigi’s Garden
There's a farm field along the canal, across from the Zibido Cemetery, that has piled up a rank-smelling mound of...
Twins Arrive, Fans Riot
Boy! My two cousins come into town and a riot ensues! Connie and Gerry arrived yesterday morning, crashed out for a...
Canal Flea-Market Purchases
The original plan was to head to Firenze for the day (!), but I caught a short, quick cold Friday night and couldn't...
Antiques Along the Grand Canal
On the last Sunday of the month, one can browse Antiques and Flea-Market-Finds for as far as the eye can see (2...
Just Park It!
"My car fits. Doesn't that make it a parking space?" "It looks like a parking space." "Oh. You mean this is a...
Luigi Gathers Wood
Running parallel to the Naviglio Pavese canal, between the bike path and the highway, is a drainage ditch overgrown by...
Buttons and a Handshake
Journal Entry - 10 Aprile 2010 Really, I've kept my world very small. There are some that would rush to assure me...
75 Degrees of Perfection
THIS is the time to be in Milano. The temperature is warm enough (75 degrees) to be comfortable in light linen and...
Ushering Ants
The first order of business this morning was to usher the flock* of ants OUT. As soon as the weather warmed, the ants...
Goin’ Home
One month ago I wrote this entry in my journal, and am now ready to post it, announcing that I've decided to move back...
Kitty Fix on Ricotta Day
Wednesday is "ricotta day", the day they make fresh ricotta at the Cascina Femegro. Even though I had just been there...
Springtime in Italy
The windows are open to the day's remaining warmth while trout and green beans grill and steam for dinner. I had...
Portraits of a Regional Election
They put the temporary, scaffold-and-tin poster walls back up in my neighborhood just in time to feature advertising...
Head Cheese & Olive Bread
After the flea market at Piazza dei Ciompi in Firenze last Sunday, I walked a few blocks further and saw yellow-tented...
Florentine Flea Market
A month ago I was given a hot lead from a girlfriend in Seattle about flea markets in Firenze. What I uncovered...