Una bellissima giornata!

The sun was shining today, gloriously warm. Working in my little garden , I felt at peace. Lots of traveling lately, and wondering and questioning and now I am here fully once again, considering the possibilities and watching for signs. Looking forward to beginning my studies in computer animation next week in Firenze....

From the opera Brundebar

I heard this on the radio the other day; a piece of the lyrics from this opera that was created and performed by the young children in a Nazi death camp. It speaks to the issues of homeless children and the situation for so many of the poor and the dispossessed of our world.
"We are all in the dumps
For diamonds are trumps.
The babies are bit
The moons in a fit
The kittens are gone to Saint Pauls
And the houses are built without walls.

Back in Italia

I had a lovely journey to Canada, and spent time in Montreal, a vibrant city full of culture and diversity. It is already getting chilly there, but it was lovely, bright and crisp. Seeing the leaves changing colours and walking in the bright sunshine was delightful. I am pleased to report a new base there "sur la plateau" and was able to transfer my objects to a great little apartment with cosy wood and a wrought iron spiral staircase at the west side and another stair of iron to the east, to reach what feels like a tree house, up among the yellow leaves of the catelpa tree. Cristoph Colomb the street, is near Laurier park. In fact Montreal is full of parks, including the Mont Royal park with my favourite sculpture of a huge angel balancing on a small sphere, with a hand reaching out to "salutare la gente" and the other hand ready to bestow a crown of laurels on some poet or artist who walks near. There are four tremendous lions below her one at each corner of the monument. It is a grand piece.

Still it is nice to return to the very quiet and less populated streets of Assisi. My garden has brought forth quantities of green beans in my absence, but my little watermelon did not get much bigger....
Auguri a tutti, and now a nnew phase begins.