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Remembering the good old days, when we could visit the basilica of Santa Maria Novella (i.e. pre-Covid)
On certain days of the year, when we aren’t dealing with Covid, Santa Maria Novella moves some of the Baroque framed paintings away from the nave walls to reveal, for a day, the quattrocentro frescoes which lie beneath. I was fortunate enough to be there one day last August and here are the amazing things I saw. It was wonderful!
Giving thanks, 2020. Bury your sorrows in autumn and be grateful.
Keeping healthy under lockdown
If the sun is out, I am going out for a walk. You can arrest me, but I don’t think you will. I carry my document with all my particulars.
I learned the hard way in the spring lockdown that it isn’t good for my general well being to stay inside my apartment for days, let alone weeks, on end.
So, here’s yesterday beautiful walk in the hills behind my borgo.
After walks like these, I always ask myself, how could I ever be happy living in the USA again?
Afraid but forging onward
Giving thanks; we will still have Paris after Covid. Thank god.
My daily passeggiata
On of the things I love most about Italy
…are these ubiquitous tabernacles celebrating Christian scenes. They can be located on side streets in towns and cities, as the one above is, or at intersections in the country, as the one below is. It is especially charming when some anonymous person goes to trouble of keeping the flowers refreshed.
Joseph Wright of Derby at the Uffizi
On a recent visit to the Uffizi, I was surprised to see this famous British painting!
The Uffizi is now closed for Covid.
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