Mr. Stevens, my algebra teacher in the 7th grade, heard Davey Sargent laughing in the back of the classroom. He put down his chalk and told us there was too much laughter in the room and in the world. He […]
All In All A Good Time Was Had By All
At one end of our Piazza there is a church – La Santa Croce. At the other end is the ‘Commune’ (The government building) The church is about 200 years old. The locals tend not to get married in the […]
The More Things Change, The More They Change
The town I live in was a market town a thousand years ago and we still have a market in the piazza at least once a week. I first came here, for a six year visit, about thirty years ag0. […]
“Money Talks, Nobody Walks”…or “Beauty Is As Beauty Does”
I went with my wife into Florence the other day. (About a 35 minute drive.) She wanted to buy some soap, or perfume, or something like that. I’m a man, a real man – and I do not care about […]
Mona Lisa Slept Here – And I Know Why
You know how several places in the North East of the States – through to Virginia – they advertise: “George Washington Slept Here?”. Well, there is a similar sort of thing going on in my area of Tuscany with […]