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Sunday, March 08, 2015

Things I dream of...

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~ The last "shepherd-hermitess" in Italy: Sister Clare , extinguished at the age of 86 with the winds of spring (at 15:52 o...
Thursday, March 05, 2015

Loss

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It's funny, isn't it, how losing someone you love never goes away entirely. A person you're close to dies, and you spend a lon...
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The Book Fairy

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The Book Fairy has sent me a book! All Creatures Great and Small, the original James Herriot novel, arrived by courier all the way from Po...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Stability

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When I moved into this flat, I discovered that it is a common practice in Italy to rent and sell homes that have no kitchen. That is, there ...
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Neighbours

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Made a charming discovery the other day. Walked up the hill from town along the country lane which mainly runs parallel to the main road, ...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Lenty

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What does St. Benedict say about Lent? Not what you might expect: Although the life of a monk ought to have about it at all times the ch...
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Friday, February 20, 2015

The Secret Hobbit Undergound

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Dr. B. the vet came over yesterday to look after Winnie, who was going down a bit. He gave her some stuff and said she's still pretty mu...
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Saturday, February 07, 2015

Santa Scholastica,

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My drawing of the statue of our local saint in the basilica built over her birthplace. Ora pro nobis O God, who for a testimony to th...
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Little Winnie's back from the edge

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She's still very thin and has slowed down a lot, but the palliative treatment seems to have had the desired effect. She's eating aga...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Norcia pics

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Just some pics from the last few months... A sparrowhawk, female I think, perched the other day in a tree across the street, keeping its e...
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