by David | Jan 11, 2008 | photo, travel
I’m liking the wide thing, vignetting and all. Here’s the former grand canal (formerly a canal, still grand) in Trieste.
by David | Jan 10, 2008 | photo
Undulating sea meets the sky at right angles. Is that a lighthouse?
by David | Dec 31, 2007 | photo
Here it is, the 2008 new year card. I hope you got one in the mail. If you didn’t, I apologize for the oversight. Be sure to send your postal address, there are a couple of blanks still left from the edition. Colophonically, I should state that the fountain...
by David | Aug 19, 2007 | culture, photo, travel
This dramatic statue in Ferrara depicts Girolamo Savonarola, a fiery reformist Dominican priest of the 15th century. Still somewhat controversial today, Savonarola organized the “Bonfires of the Vanities” in which Florentines burned their books, fancy...
by David | Aug 16, 2007 | culture, photo, reading & writing, travel
The Italian word of the moment is campanilismo. Translated by BabelFish as “parochialism,” campanilismo refers to local pride or patriotism, sometimes very local. If you ask somebody where she’s from and she says “Boston” or “New...