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Friends in Vancouver had told me that communication would not be a problem in Italy – we would always find people who spoke English. Obviously, none of these well meaning friends have been to Salerno. To be more precise, its train stazione. At 4 in the morning.

For someone totally illiterate in the arts as me, the sheer volume of magnificent work by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Ghiberti, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, etc. is overwhelming.

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For the last several years Ariba has been accusing me of being deaf – or at least suffering from chronic selective hearing. I now I have a perfect excuse. Yesterday we were in the clock tower in Venice admiring a bird’s eye, 360 degree view of this picture postcard city, when without as much as by-your-leave, 2 of the 4 bells overhead began to oscillate.

Hello, Dear All. We are Margot Johnston and Rainey Hopewell, birth mothers of the Haultain Common. The Common is a neighbourhood-supported public food garden on public land, where all may harvest. Victoria's boulevards belong to everyone. They're part of the vast energy of life-supporting forces, held traditionally in public ownership, for the good of all life on Earth.

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Professors Stefano and Vera Zamagni laid out a lavish feast for us on Tuesday. Their summer home is in a small village in the mountains overlooking Bologna. A short distance as the crow flies; the bus required an hour to negotiate the steep switchbacks.

June 28th, 2010

I now have a tan on my brown, bald head. Never did occur to me that it could happen. But the sun was merciless today and generally sapped the energy. So today`s blog is going to be short. I think. I need to get some sleep.

We visited another consortium and 2 amazing co-ops today. My caption to today`s blog refers to the first.