3 Random Photos

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Let it Snow – Yes, Perhaps, Maybe

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ~ Doug Larson

Yesterday I received an email from my friend Lino showing Piazza Garibaldi in Loreto Aprutino covered in snow.

There’s certainly beauty associated with snow and although we don’t normally get much in Dublin, it’s [...]

That January Feeling in Abruzzo

On my computer screen I have a widget that gives me a weather summary of Moscufo (PE), Abruzzo and also one of Dublin, Ireland. I like to keep track. Today, for both places the temperature is around 8 degrees (centigrade) with clear sunny skies. But the similarity ends once you look at the detail.  There [...]

Shopping and Other Fairy Tales

When Shrek and Donkey arrive in Duloc for the first time it initially appears deserted. It looks beautiful, perfect perhaps, but it seems completely empty of life.

That’s how Città Sant’Angelo Village felt like when I paid a visit on a very damp, midweek morning in October.

We parked in the very large, but very [...]