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Coming Out of the Dark
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. -Rainer Maria Rilke Last night at sunset, I sat on a driftwood log and listened to a chorus of frogs. I burrowed deep into my jacket, cold but happy for the extra hour of daylight. Below me, the site of last summer’s campfires […]
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Making Contact
Last week I got a phone call in response to the article about Eugene Landry. (see previous post). The caller said he was sitting in his car at Swanson’s. He’d been reading the newspaper while his wife shopped for groceries, and found my story. “I’m the guy who built Gene’s dome.” His voice was soft […]
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Living on the Edge/Torre Del Greco
Torre del Greco, a comune of Naples, sits in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius. Up until the early twentieth century, it was a resort for wealthy Italians and tourists seeking to climb Mt Vesuvius. Today it is a gritty, blue-collar town, not concerned with packaging itself for outsiders, which is quite refreshing. We went there […]
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Beautiful Ruins/Pompeii
After a rainy night in Sorrento, we woke early the next morning and walked to the train station. Although the streets were dry, I threw my umbrella in my backpack-just in case. We arrived in plenty of time to buy our tickets for the trip to Pompeii and have a cappuccino at the station. As […]
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Life is a Banquet~Sorrento
From Naples, we took the Circumvesuviana to Sorrento, squeezing onto the standing-room-only train, suitcases at our feet. The ride from Naples to Sorrento took an hour. I was glad we were there before the hot summer season approached! When my friend and I were planning this trip, we reserved four days in Sorrento. Both […]