Posts Tagged ‘ Citta della Pieve ’

Italy is not a good place to experience suffering

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Italy is not a good place to experience suffering

Every Christ­mas day, in the fondo of Palazzo della Corgna, the terzieri of Castello presents inspi­ra­tional scenes for the sea­son (called a pre­sepe).  It is Castello’s gift of the sea­son to the com­mu­nity.  Castello is one of three terzieri’s (a sec­tion of the town, with deep his­tor­i­cal roots).  Each terzieri has its own tav­erna and meet­ing place, as well as tra­di­tions.  For Castello, their green and black flags fly at Christ­mas to her­ald the open­ing of...

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Snowfall in la Pieve

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Snowfall in la Pieve

Citta della Pieve, Umbria. We had three inches of snow in la Pieve Fri­day night into Sat­ur­day morn­ing.  The streets are very icy right now, and the tem­per­a­ture quite low.  The BBC online has the head­line “FREEZING WEATHER BRINGS MISERY TO EUROPE.” Not at all sure we are mis­er­able here, but it sure is cold, and three inches of snow was an unusual amount of snow­fall for this area.   It was amaz­ing Sat­ur­day morn­ing to expe­ri­ence...

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Quotes

About play:
Play is an important part of finding voice, because it allows us to try on new selves, like costumes, with sanctuary. We can pretend to be, pretend to write as if, without committing. And often play allows us to discover our authentic self. — Jill Hackett, Women, Voice, & Writing