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Oct 2, 2009 - Villa Vignettes

1. The Trio There was this Belgian, this American and this Belgian Congon. They were standing in the dark in the car park area at our villa when we returned after aperitivos a few days back. They were perplexed. I don’t blame them as we had had a similar experience upon our first arrival. No lights, no signs to indicate that you were in the correct ‘villas’ and no indication where to rouse the management. When we had arrived we approached the problem by disturbing guests of an adjacent villa who pointed us to Paola and Robert’s...

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Sep 26, 2009 - Under The Tuscan Sun

The image, indeed the manifestation, the reality, could have well been ripped from the canvas of a nostalgic Hollywood blockbuster or just as readily torn from an ancestor’s album of curling miniscule sepia photographs. The breeze was stiff in the early morning light which gently touched the rolling hills, freshly dressed in their just ploughed fields. The Tuscan morn was filled with serenity; a promise wrapped in a profound sense of ease touching me in my seeming solitude. Perhaps this was as good as it gets. My mind tried to drag me to...

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Sep 22, 2009 - Falling In Love

Falling in Love – San Giovanni d’Asso – 22 September The café, strategically located opposite the large square embracing the Gare de Lyon , was in the throws of attempting to open. An already weary waiter, or perhaps the owner, was lifting each section of grill that surrounded and protected the trees of the sidewalk in front of his cafe. He partly swept out the collection of cigarette butts and then moved onto the next one knowing full well that these grills will harbour another large collection by the end of the day. I located a...

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