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Marilyn
We first saw Valuberti, a small borgo (hamlet) 16 kilometers outside Castiglion Fiorentino, Provincia d’Arezzo, Regione Toscana, 25 years ago. I had wanted to do something special for my 50th birthday, and spending the month of August in Tuscany was my idea of perfect. We were living in San Francisco at the time, and a column in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle called “Follow the Reader” raved about Alda Fantina’s house at Valuberti. Inquiries were faxed (it was 1997). It was available, and the rest is history. Every year thereafter, when deciding where to vacation, we just kept going back to Valuberti, never wanting to return to our American lives or livelihoods. When a house became available, we jumped on it, and on June 4, 2001, we bought a small, abandoned house next to Alda’s. It had no plumbing, the suggestion of an electrical system, a ground floor formerly occupied by turkeys and rabbits, and an upper floor full of pigeon droppin...
Adios pendejo
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DeleteA huge weight off my chest. To breathe again.
ReplyDeleteI wept through the entire ceremony.. in good company, as David Brooks was in tears as well. Inspirational, so much hope -- and RELIEF.. I made myself watch the vile beats get on Air Force One AND LEAVE!
ReplyDeleteLots of tears here, too. So many lives lost, futures clouded, dreams deferred, security threatened, tranquility smashed. But also so much hope for what is going to be extremely difficult but altogether (and I intend that pun) possible. It's a matter of will and love. It will likely take a generation, in my opinion, but we'll get there if we try.
DeleteThere have even been unsubstantiated accounts of actual HUMANS having recently taken up residence in the White House. Stay tuned for updates....
ReplyDeleteAnd not only! Two dogs and a cat! A president who loves (and rescues) animals is a huge step in the right direction.
DeleteIt actually went off smoothly. And the rat is back in the swamp he calls home.
ReplyDeleteThe rising tide of climate change and democracy will take care of him, if the Senate and any one of the numerous plaintiffs about to hand him a summons don't get him first. But enough of him! Moving on to shoring up the republic by reestablishing truth, a shared set of facts, and the respectful negotiation of our collective future as a nation, living on an earth we share with all other living creatures and which we must protect.
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