tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23014186487431335742024-03-13T00:44:34.388-07:00See More WorldsLife in and out of Italy seen through the eyes of an American artist.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.comBlogger879125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-88780460763641624772022-05-04T23:52:00.006-07:002022-05-05T00:10:55.699-07:00LEDIO in Albania who works at Customer Service, Mediaworld<p> LEDIO IN ALBANIA: Customer Service, Mediaworld</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I had a problem ordering something on Internet. I had to sign up to a website of a store, forgetting that I had already done it years ago. That was the problem that had blocked me in the beginning so I couldn't order my product.</p><p>I spent SO MUCH TIME online and so I contacted Customer Service. I was getting help from a boy with an unusual name so I asked him from where he came from (and from where he was calling too). Ledio, from Albania, was so patient, kind, well mannered, a splendid person. He helped me from the beginning to the end, signing me up again and even by ordering the product. If only everyone had his kindness, calm, especially since I was already nervous to have had spent so much time with repetitive questions from the internet, he gave me hope in youth, in the future (am I esaggerating?) and without a doubt, he is helping the world to understand that foreigners are not our enemy but one of us, and without a doubt, they can teach us a lot.</p><p>After a lot of compliments that I gave him, I wrote to customer service to tell them about my excellent experience with this patient and kind boy. I lost a lot of time (I believe these websites could explain better what the problem might be from the beginning to avoid having to contact customer service) but comunication is always difficult, thus, Customer Service to the rescue!</p><p>Thank you Ledio, I wish you a life as you would want it, hopefully finding a job that is even better, where you can meet people face to face, because through you, the world can become a better place. </p><p><br /></p><p>I T A L I A N O.......</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ieri ho avuto un problema ad ordinare una cosa su internet. Ho dovuto inscrivermi ad un sito del negozio, dimenticando completamente che l'avevo fatto anni fa. Era proprio questo il problema che mi ha bloccato all'inizio dal ordinare il prodotto.</span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ho passato troppo tempo online, e così ho contattato il servizio clienti. Ho cominciato ad essere assistito da un ragazzo con un nome molto particolare, allora ho chiesto da dove veniva. Lui, Ledio, Albanese e' stato così paziente, gentile, cordiali, una persona splendida. Mi ha aiutato dall'inizio alla fine a iscrivermi di nuovo, ed anche ad ordinare il prodotto. Magari tutti con la sua gentilezza, calma, bei modi, parole rassicuranti. Ero proprio colpita da questa persona che ha creato una calma per me, già nervosa di dover combattere con richieste ripetitive dall'internet, che lui mi ha dato speranza nei giovani, nel futuro (esagero?) e senz'altro, sta aiutando il mondo a capire che lo straniero non è un nemico, è uno di noi, e molti senz'altro, ci possono insegnare tante cose.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Dopo tanti complimenti che gli ho fatto, ho scritto al servizio clienti per raccontare della mia ottima esperienza con questo ragazzo gentile e paziente. Ho perso un sacco di tempo (secondo me questi siti potrebbero aiutarvi a capire il problema sin dall'inizio, così di poter risolvere da soli il problema) ma la comunicazione è sempre difficile e manca, perciò: Servizio Clienti al soccorso!</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Grazie Ledio, ti auguro una vita come la vorresti, magari trovando un lavoro ancora più bello, dove ti possono conoscere faccia a faccia, perche tramite te, il mondo diventa un posto migliore.</div></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-56270081239083160862022-01-27T02:44:00.000-08:002022-01-27T02:44:42.714-08:00Stephan Seymour - post about my father on Javelin Throwers Unite (Facebook)<p><b> Javelin Throwers Unite</b></p><p>https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204746495</p><p>The following post was published on this group on Facebook. I had yet to be on a group that is so incredibly international. This, because as I am learning, the javelin is a sport that is appreciated and practiced by every country in the world. The almost 17,000 members in this group show the interest there is, and the presently 111 likes on this post of mine shows that people are passionate about this ancient sport. All in all, it is very exciting to follow what is going on in this group. Here is my latest post:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk022XeoLuPFcfhQj2HEAD3Jl6o2Qwa6szIcF3vMq_7MMeGrPMS7OzNsKO6e2DkV6uMCztTvh78ByKHOzmEgjHfJFsHZXpiK-52UKJCBOYLnerDD3DJdfvQicBFe6b_5A0bCsyYfdhZ4AfKw2PKE0_qvnmXzSn-kv_nVGUXvapfuOivpoKdmRLQw6G=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1000" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk022XeoLuPFcfhQj2HEAD3Jl6o2Qwa6szIcF3vMq_7MMeGrPMS7OzNsKO6e2DkV6uMCztTvh78ByKHOzmEgjHfJFsHZXpiK-52UKJCBOYLnerDD3DJdfvQicBFe6b_5A0bCsyYfdhZ4AfKw2PKE0_qvnmXzSn-kv_nVGUXvapfuOivpoKdmRLQw6G=w530-h442" width="530" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">It’s an honor to be in this extraordinary international group not because I am an athlete, but because my father was. Just a few years ago, thanks to meeting Kevin McGill on the internet, not only did I learn about my father’s sports career through Kevin’s interest and research but thanks to him, for the first time I actually saw the original video of my father throwing the javelin in the 1948 London Olympics! That kind of a thrill doesn’t happen every day in a person’s life, and actually, it could also have never happened at all.</span></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">One could say “If it hadn’t been for the internet” this lucky encounter with Kevin, would never have happened. But actually the key word is “passion”, both of Kevin for the javelin and the passion my father had to write the following words that intrigued Kevin to want to learn more about him:</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>“One mustn’t think of the javelin as a minor sport like curling or anything. The javelin represents the glory of Greece and it symbolizes man’s search for his primitive ancestral identity. I can blink my eyes and look out at a javelin thrower and see tens of thousands of warriors marching across the field and I can hear the voices of antiquity. No, the javelin isn’t some minor sport. It is classic. It is beauty. It is excellence. It is immortality.” Dr. Steve Seymour</i></span></span></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Looking over the posts in this group I get a feel of what it was like for my father as a young athlete. Seeing what you athletes are doing, how hard you are training and competing gives me an idea of what life was like for my dad. It’s bringing him back to life for me, following your posts, and it is exciting, I relive his life through your actions and achievements.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">If you’d like to know more about my father, Kevin McGill (coach, writer, Javelin enthusiast) wrote the most complete essay about him in Track and Field:</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftrackandfieldnews.com%2Ftrack-coach%2Fsteve-seymour%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2RyHIxpwfSkwux4l4RDMcKNzeyvUx4MBJa6k_TPjSiAsupUg41aWUyIAM&h=AT1DWyG3BINUt7wxeh2i8ayy2qoyGg_E4WDXr9tSokEl5LTjqDZ3NYS-10_cHUgQCrJzPFZMW6MaF1cVhPlIch9A0uWnH3arakHCH0zghiv2-IKnQZ5KtDQIWYGAt9R0dQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2GV9MlPB78Qze-ofRI8mAGjOpJDHMLz_Gi05tgijTZq7rbJqi2xYojG_4wYxK0HkIy_jtipdQRr-VumUYQg_eJp6VSKw0-lYLRT-BbbSRY1EL1nBJ8vEEs-PNRkc_DnfBpFe8gmdM9xnAgvJYh-KjtG5m9D_JQ_7Q" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://trackandfieldnews.com/track-coach/steve-seymour/</a></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Steve Seymour won the silver medal for javelin in London, 1948. He also was considered the first Javelin Technician and had quite the life. He loved travel and might not have been surprised to see that I, his daughter ended up in Italy.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Javelin was his passion, I’m happy to share his story and grateful for Kevin McGill, after so many years to have brought his memory back to life.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Stephanie Seymour</span></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-49790274506609931992021-11-09T09:30:00.007-08:002021-11-09T09:50:13.400-08:00Gospel Connection 2021 Assisi Italy <p> I had NO IDEA that this first time experience would be so totally incredibile and amazingly awesome!!</p><p>Singing for four days, parties, lectures, experimental use of the voice with top experts from the USA.</p><p>And staying in the Domus Pacis in Santa Maria degli Angeli (Assisi) was so peaceful and comfortable, and gave me a home away from home just to think about music, singing, harmonizing, and making new and fun friends.</p><p>What a total treat!! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8C2dvujP708gQ9u-CQ84G38oalUUDC9R10EQ9-dAgUKsIaGHhXSQXdPagiPlUINcbBM9P5nkSPVqO20RRXk-txzeLwfrMz_rKNyWCJm-p8y0CNcnbk5mNhPm81keCu6pOrDDvviLytYc/s2048/20211107_121158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AND there was so much fun, and so many unusual happenings going on continuously, that during the TEAM BUILDING of various groups assembled from the over 150 people present, we had to present a song in a creative way, and I ended up singing as a tenor AND ended up wearing a moustache!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dytyNe_E46vevP2-rNjbXCJjbFwHv98NXif55I6X4xM5SFxEfhm0KMI7Yd5gRqSV-bK9yjE0EXywO9ILwjGbQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-47095929993080005572020-12-23T01:56:00.003-08:002020-12-23T02:00:39.477-08:00Hello after a long time and my new ETSY SHOP!!<p> Hello world, hello my old city LA and hello Italy, where I have lived most of my life.</p><p>If this lockdown and virus and pandemia has done one good thing for me personally, it has increased my art activity!! I am painting a lot lately! And enjoying it immensely!</p><p>Luckily I have this as an activity, it relaxes me, it makes me feel great, and I produce a lot of little watercolor and goauche paintings. I also have changed my subject matter....going towards what REALLY has been super important to me during this time: N A T U R E.</p><p>I think we don't really realize just how important it is to us in general, but NOW.....WOW!!! Imagine walking only in a shopping mall, or trying to relax on pavement rather than in the middle of the woods or being surrounded by trees.....it is a totally different thing.</p><p>So...........here are the small paintings that I have produced lately, and I am enjoying it so much.</p><p>If you are interested in purchasing one, come to my ETSY SHOP, just click on the link below.</p><p>Happy holidays, and take care of yourselves and your families.</p><p>Best wishes,</p><p>Stephanie</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeeMoreWorlds</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXesJj42jWSGPhZSAFZWKg5Sj1ZsOlzQGb86lkzTIvEWJnOBkQbf7DfwlCMmDnF5GnUuPg05ALGcIniW8Vrye0kv5iAxcQShA7zn_DEKCn11PatwWdXTUPzikQS0CeWK5QCLGOTKlFhM/s2000/017+little+trees+rid+DSC_2939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="2000" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXesJj42jWSGPhZSAFZWKg5Sj1ZsOlzQGb86lkzTIvEWJnOBkQbf7DfwlCMmDnF5GnUuPg05ALGcIniW8Vrye0kv5iAxcQShA7zn_DEKCn11PatwWdXTUPzikQS0CeWK5QCLGOTKlFhM/w448-h356/017+little+trees+rid+DSC_2939.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Chinese schoolground</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My many trips to China were filled, of course, with images I remember. Those prefered ones, of China, which enthused me, many times had to do with the huge groups of children, or even trees, or lotus flowers. Anyhow, nothing is small in China, and groupings of objects or people, or food or buildings is common.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the window on the 18th floor of my daughter's building (she lived and worked in Beijing for many years) I had this exquisite view of children preparing for their physical education lessons. I was always impressed by the order, the efficiency of the children and teachers, and the size of the classes. I noticed also their skill with exercises, the capability they had with using a basketball or other sports equipment. It was always quite impressive! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEJF4wWVglF3gPQIzykN6maehCkkG7UwKZcZfYi9bdMp8fYkGRX8VX6iTTg_HkoltEMbVZgo-nS_SkplLoMIhPQaQvY_YBarFQM5vMc7dCdeuMWDJT7EONam-R1Dyiz8ad5eGQVm9_j4/s800/CHILDREN+SCHOOL+RID.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEJF4wWVglF3gPQIzykN6maehCkkG7UwKZcZfYi9bdMp8fYkGRX8VX6iTTg_HkoltEMbVZgo-nS_SkplLoMIhPQaQvY_YBarFQM5vMc7dCdeuMWDJT7EONam-R1Dyiz8ad5eGQVm9_j4/w625-h419/CHILDREN+SCHOOL+RID.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-63160022263054908382020-09-03T09:15:00.005-07:002020-09-03T09:15:51.074-07:00<p> SOUL in Beijing</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIDGJBIkR238V_dsTCvRheOFMvlrX5ojomJsEpoJIz-2aJpeyMk5Qd8fKnTHxgEL5v2ICtBi1nMPGmDnDwhUgKwl5bQ1cVUSoO6a2d6n8TGkncc8tlsGrQEgHRgFCG3ROq4Q_8P6Osh8/s1000/man+who+write+s+in+dirt+copia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="508" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIDGJBIkR238V_dsTCvRheOFMvlrX5ojomJsEpoJIz-2aJpeyMk5Qd8fKnTHxgEL5v2ICtBi1nMPGmDnDwhUgKwl5bQ1cVUSoO6a2d6n8TGkncc8tlsGrQEgHRgFCG3ROq4Q_8P6Osh8/w319-h625/man+who+write+s+in+dirt+copia.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are a lot of things I miss about not going to China this year. Not the "new" things, but those with "soul". There are a lot of things that still have those special feelings of a place, the depth, the beauty, the poetry. Those people who practice the things that you know one day won't exist anymore, so now they are gold in value.</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">One day in a park I saw this man who was 80 years old, with a glowing smile, beautiful posture, and a gracefulness that only a person in great shape can have. He walked around and around these shaded trees, with a stick, deepening the already written lines that he carefully created to embellish the area, that by now had become "his". The symbols around the trees were explained to me by my daughter. We followed him both with our steps and with our eyes, admiring his silence, his precision in creating such a beautiful design with pure earth, actually, at times with mud. He would add water when necessary, and return often to make sure the lines were deep enough to maintain the many curved lines that he created. He would also brush away stray leaves, anything disturbing the clean design.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was beautiful in all ways. His devotion to this special dance, this exercise, all of it leading to beauty thanks to his work and passion.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He would get close to the earth to work on the lines, digging them deeper and deeper to make sure they would keep.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A year after we returned to this area of the park.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Only a faint faint line remained. Only an intent eye would notice it, one who was looking for it as I was.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The lines were gone, I imagine, forever.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sad and disappointed, I searched and found nothing that showed any life of this excellent and unique area. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Was the man gone as well?</div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-18122268047857116482020-09-01T02:07:00.004-07:002020-09-01T02:14:49.694-07:00<p> MONTONE</p><p>A magnificent day in a jewel of a town in Umbria.</p><p>About 40 kilometers from Perugia is a small, yet rich and extraordinary town called Montone. In the 45+ years I have been in Perugia, I had never been there. Now, it is surely one of the most extraordinary little places I have been to, and I do hope to return.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_tkc2BnB6GDmcxuFVMbDTXL4SziOFsdbLzGWEzyZ6rHVeu_MZ9InR3In8Sn0Okr5Dn04jgLyLqDzjotQbCWp0ghe50ZbupFfwyepM6L1toDefP3tPDMKx4KN0dokH4DZknYrOdZEtsE/s1000/20200829_113953+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_tkc2BnB6GDmcxuFVMbDTXL4SziOFsdbLzGWEzyZ6rHVeu_MZ9InR3In8Sn0Okr5Dn04jgLyLqDzjotQbCWp0ghe50ZbupFfwyepM6L1toDefP3tPDMKx4KN0dokH4DZknYrOdZEtsE/s640/20200829_113953+copia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Surrounding oneself with 360 degrees of nature and pure peace and beauty is a LOT in these times! A magnificent little place, filled with delightful surprises.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTGWxeX79hxkCiLQSZ6XiQjLOZWsiJxSrRJ__7GYPWiH13-zPt2-8D-HdVcmPFa0JMkbWPyKnvX41sq2CvMKVyJWm-yeOmI0MD4RaDdf634QtsbIlV-VCS9O-0DyeNIkFXq03BROMSnQ/s2048/20200829_114727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTGWxeX79hxkCiLQSZ6XiQjLOZWsiJxSrRJ__7GYPWiH13-zPt2-8D-HdVcmPFa0JMkbWPyKnvX41sq2CvMKVyJWm-yeOmI0MD4RaDdf634QtsbIlV-VCS9O-0DyeNIkFXq03BROMSnQ/s640/20200829_114727.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>We started the day walking into the center of town, on the small main plaza, and EVERYONE'S eyes were on us! It was like "Hey, new people come to visit us!" And there we were, on full display, trying to then decide where to have a little breakfast, which bar to chose from, and where we would be safe or safer during these Covid times. We chose a little table that felt protected, against the wall of a bar, thinking that there we would be alone...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvBpOSHx_mGp7FZRdtnqbd9IgGFtA1_kTfCnhF3RclMYg9maq798AtiByJNl0hBnNANvSdomRk-zPzaCQHUeXoDQMuwqGn3_y0ma-ouv828toZVVK3r9385NjAtgYLY8Ht3jUTtvmC8w/s1379/20200829_112558+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvBpOSHx_mGp7FZRdtnqbd9IgGFtA1_kTfCnhF3RclMYg9maq798AtiByJNl0hBnNANvSdomRk-zPzaCQHUeXoDQMuwqGn3_y0ma-ouv828toZVVK3r9385NjAtgYLY8Ht3jUTtvmC8w/s640/20200829_112558+copia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I would love to say that this was a perfect little snack, but actually, although it looked nice and the pastries fluffy, they were quite a disappointment!! But it did get a laugh from us. The whole wheat flour contained honey,, but perhaps 1/8th of a teaspoon, and the cornetto was so wide and without character or a great taste, that we just had a laugh over it.</p><p>We sat and enjoyed the view of people walking by, and also had a surprising visitor just a couple of meters from us. A middle aged man had a loud cellphone conversation right in front of us, as if he was there to inform us of his life and affairs. It was really quite amusing, he just planted himself there, as we sunk our teeth into this flavorless pastry, and laughed at our first experience in the town. It was worth the price, just to have this odd and amusing situation happen to us, as people without masks dodged our table by just inches, and we though how our peace and quiet was not to begin in this precise spot....not yet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzv3LjrhwpMgNpkLSUP3ISAfe5B9cPTcu170NnoS76TT75bhQ9edJ790TQK3PtHArz60tpvXbBYjqrOXx9aagLqk_5frABBRqlqqWmMsbZU6Xnjidi9zpwKSN63Uq2Jf2KZQCWwIUwMg/s1000/20200829_115433+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzv3LjrhwpMgNpkLSUP3ISAfe5B9cPTcu170NnoS76TT75bhQ9edJ790TQK3PtHArz60tpvXbBYjqrOXx9aagLqk_5frABBRqlqqWmMsbZU6Xnjidi9zpwKSN63Uq2Jf2KZQCWwIUwMg/s640/20200829_115433+copia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3s-ptWs9EN2qqSPmASqkL4sw0n1IeLG4jsCHUp6bPy-aXp_X7wX54Kpc3eAxZOMeV9q_fDq7Ble3MmtUmAeiuVsxlqc-unlYFl1NAN44WGK-Wo0IrQiaJbzflLd3SKc7-vhTx8rS5xQ/s1000/20200829_114733+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3s-ptWs9EN2qqSPmASqkL4sw0n1IeLG4jsCHUp6bPy-aXp_X7wX54Kpc3eAxZOMeV9q_fDq7Ble3MmtUmAeiuVsxlqc-unlYFl1NAN44WGK-Wo0IrQiaJbzflLd3SKc7-vhTx8rS5xQ/s640/20200829_114733+copia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMIGcyeuzM7v3E2jq3mMBDl82KhYUO89bZPOe6Amwl2-AqBVb47uqiBpWSYxu1LufA0Dp_8dwzSnvK9iWZU3E3Mx2BcGJO-6GQvkyD8DfpmzEQQEsZ1jfESsWeyWg8ja6NW_ak0OQmww/s1000/20200829_122311+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMIGcyeuzM7v3E2jq3mMBDl82KhYUO89bZPOe6Amwl2-AqBVb47uqiBpWSYxu1LufA0Dp_8dwzSnvK9iWZU3E3Mx2BcGJO-6GQvkyD8DfpmzEQQEsZ1jfESsWeyWg8ja6NW_ak0OQmww/s640/20200829_122311+copia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdo0zdRstyCGLmvADZPgeTHN7ebcWBdNXWEYnciLrLfzLQC14-RGyHDVrgaIKmtBPrUTwEnemsJQHnNgs6t9p5yDURnmH4Ys2OonqYAaelUINIqix5V0-zVmctKaABDqB7MlXq47esSA/s1000/20200829_133103+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdo0zdRstyCGLmvADZPgeTHN7ebcWBdNXWEYnciLrLfzLQC14-RGyHDVrgaIKmtBPrUTwEnemsJQHnNgs6t9p5yDURnmH4Ys2OonqYAaelUINIqix5V0-zVmctKaABDqB7MlXq47esSA/s640/20200829_133103+copia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSeYrHXEXMriowZCfkGfg3GnthDZGQm3OhNEJk45k8RZf-dWwXntKhDnL6csE6qbX48JHwrZ0WJZuQy7d6Mdqa9smyx4ZJ-Xn1uD7YHhdN4vRDFwezRgWpefBDxwr8ieggO8cxHRSzEk/s1000/20200829_135900+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSeYrHXEXMriowZCfkGfg3GnthDZGQm3OhNEJk45k8RZf-dWwXntKhDnL6csE6qbX48JHwrZ0WJZuQy7d6Mdqa9smyx4ZJ-Xn1uD7YHhdN4vRDFwezRgWpefBDxwr8ieggO8cxHRSzEk/w640-h640/20200829_135900+copia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rENL4zD8RLFDAODpKCtfnGzf3MdFGYd8whzdDfxDEdFytRavM5YRfoH7aq5GHI2xgk8K8lr0IJzD13PhG4G-QiI7Ei_um8-At2UiggmAxRx2lTWl2p87Ae4_snjVkYnzeyijBFuh5kQ/s1000/copia+20200829_143358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rENL4zD8RLFDAODpKCtfnGzf3MdFGYd8whzdDfxDEdFytRavM5YRfoH7aq5GHI2xgk8K8lr0IJzD13PhG4G-QiI7Ei_um8-At2UiggmAxRx2lTWl2p87Ae4_snjVkYnzeyijBFuh5kQ/s640/copia+20200829_143358.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>TIME FOR LUNCH!!! And THIS was a magical moment, a wonderful experience filled with glorious food and delightful finishing touches. We sat outside at ERBA LUNA (check it out on Tripadvisor as we did) and delighted in the shady spot we had with a view of plants and of hills and clouds in the distance. There were butterflies, trees, lovely atmosphere and as we waited we relaxed totally. We ordered some delicious plates, my tagliarine with porcine mushrooms was wonderful, and I later discovered that the pasta had even more mushrooms in the pasta itself! Then my special grilled vegetables were so beautiful and also so delicate to eat. I really enjoyed it, both for the freshness and the original way it was served, and for the beauty of the plate itself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB5Uu1HDxUcLJCfe7t7r5_UD-IPXoMTbqRYK2EK7tCd43Jm4XaxBVc696WmZmS4aF6tjcsBMgJXHjXo_seMS_n78-rTb4D_6s4V8PXOGDeO70fwL6dYChDWc5DKWWPT7iOkdJkyMvFaY/s1000/20200829_135900+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB5Uu1HDxUcLJCfe7t7r5_UD-IPXoMTbqRYK2EK7tCd43Jm4XaxBVc696WmZmS4aF6tjcsBMgJXHjXo_seMS_n78-rTb4D_6s4V8PXOGDeO70fwL6dYChDWc5DKWWPT7iOkdJkyMvFaY/s640/20200829_135900+copia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Even the coffee that I ordered was served with a tiny little pitcher of milk WITH its own froth, so it became a tiny little cappuccino in my expresso cup. This is something that never happens! Such attention to detail! A cook who cares, about detail and pleasing their customers!</p><p>So....it was quite a meal, and very appreciated by myself and husband. I fully reccomend ERBA LUNA to anyone coming to Montone.</p><p>Also, the restaurant in front of the garden area where we ate is antique and marvelous...worth the visit to go in and see, and later in winter months, is surely the home to many an exquisite meal and elegante dining experience. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKu-4iOkpCCBUFo6_XZQZOoZ-q927ne6bAExlIuqZJMoAvLTIFIKNkVlvl_0uBoZfnDAgSNjQcZ50cRqf-421X_LmT6bPD0c_m81ztvOxgWDwYj-qZREc_oHBfVcKkOzCHe-JY5p3TGao/s1000/20200829_145745+copia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKu-4iOkpCCBUFo6_XZQZOoZ-q927ne6bAExlIuqZJMoAvLTIFIKNkVlvl_0uBoZfnDAgSNjQcZ50cRqf-421X_LmT6bPD0c_m81ztvOxgWDwYj-qZREc_oHBfVcKkOzCHe-JY5p3TGao/s640/20200829_145745+copia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Meeting the cook and his partner was also a treat. Their conversation made me realize how passionate they are with cooking and making the experience so special.</p><p>On a funny note, I asked where there were woods where we might go and rest on a blanket as we did in another woods in another town, and we were warned.....careful, there might be wild boars. So....no nap after lunch that day!</p><p><br /></p>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-81306554977996146552020-03-27T01:00:00.003-07:002020-03-27T01:14:08.655-07:00Coronavirus MASKS -- words from China<span style="font-size: large;">Just spoke with my daughter who lives in China. She calls to share her experiences, give us advice and we listen.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Regarding masks, this is what she recommends, this is what China recommends:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you leave your house, for example when you get into a parking lot PUT ON A MASK.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As she states, you do not know WHO was walking in that area BEFORE YOU. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">These are preventive measures for a very contatgious virus. In India, for example, where they don't have masks, they have been told to stay at home inside their houses for two months. Where we DO have masks, we should use them, as prevention. This is how they do it in China, and China has things under control now, so we should follow their example.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you go into a closed area, such as a supermarket, there it is a good idea to use one of the heavier masks if you have one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you put on a surgical mask, pinch the nose area of the mask.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She also says that, if you use the mask for a short period of time, you can use it again and again (since there is such a shortage of masks). When you come home, HANG THE MASK, for example, on a hanger in order for it to dry. Be careful not to touch it with dirty hands, wash your hands before removing it.</span><br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-42571904568414817932020-03-25T09:04:00.000-07:002020-03-25T09:04:42.009-07:00Coronavirus and health precautions from daughter in China<br />
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cinemas, internet bars, karaokes, shopping malls, bus/train stations, airports,
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worn when going out. A surgical or N95 mask shall be worn when visiting public
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avoid touching public objects and parts in public areas. After returning from
public areas, covering your cough, using the restroom, and before meals, please
wash your hands with soap or liquid soap under running water, or use alcoholic
hand sanitizer. Avoid touching your mouth, nose or eyes when you are unsure
whether your hands are clean or not. Cover your mouth and nose with your elbow
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s<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> lating to
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-1323325455088338402020-03-24T09:19:00.000-07:002020-03-24T09:19:11.837-07:00CORONAVIRUS -- A STORY THAT CAN HELP YOU, AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
A MESSAGE AND A STORY<br />We are following what is happening in the States and are sorry, but unfortunately not surprised. Surprises are happening every day, there, here, and at a certain point, I at least had to ask myself, "Now, what can I do to feel better, what can I do?"<br />Because, you have to do something! Activitiy will be your cure. You can only take so much news, so much negativity. Both physically and mentally it is wearing on body and soul.<br />Please, friends and family, take a pause, and do something nice for yourself.<br />Some people, I know, are terribly fragile. I see people asking when this will be over. Who can possibly know the answer! There are unknowns here, and the decisions made by the various governments will make a huge difference.<br />I look at it like this, at least I try to. I see that this is my life. Strangely, who would have ever imagined, THIS is the life of the whole world right now. It is as united in ONE THING as we could ever be. So, actually, I realize that I am extremely fortunate. With all my own personal problems or concerns, worries or fear, I am fortunate. In fact, a lot of my real displeasure right now is for those who are in horrifying situations, the ones who before all of this were already the sufferers in the wordl: war, hunger, health problems. No homes, no family, disease, handicaps, etc etc So, I am fortunate. AND since this is my life right now, I aim on making myself as strong as I can be. This is a priority.<br />Right now our real selves will be shown and expressed and we will discover a lot about ourselves. People will be able to take it, harden up their shell and get on with their lives somehow, and get something done. Whatever it is, they will use action to help solve their lonliness, sadness, depression. Being inactive could be very serious right now, it is not something to follow -- the desire to just hide, or watch tv all day, or sleep all day or drink. These things could lead to something more negative and that would be a shame and could be very dangerous.<br />Please read this extraordinary story someone posted today, I do believe it should be adopted by all in order to have a clearer starting point, a wiser place to begin to make this "adventure" worthwhile, in a way. Here it is. And good luck, but please, read the message with an open mind. I find it very helpful right now.</div>
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“Captain, the hub is worried and very agitated about the quarantine that they imposed on us at the port. Can you talk to us? " "What troubles you, boy? Don't you have enough food? Don't you sleep enough?" "This is not it, Captain, I can't stand not being able to go ashore, not being able to embrace my loved ones." "And if they let you down and you were contagious, would you bear the guilt of infecting someone who can't stand the disease?"<br />I would never forgive him, even if this plague was invented for me! " "Maybe it is, but if it doesn't?" "I understand what you mean, but I feel deprived of freedom, Captain, they have deprived me of something." "And you deprive yourself of even more things, boy." "You are making fun of me?" "Not at all ... If you let yourself be deprived of something without responding adequately, you have lost". "So, in your opinion, if they take something from me, do I have to take other ones off to win?" "Sure. I did it in the quarantine of seven years ago." "And what did you deprive yourself of?" "I had to wait more than twenty days on the ship. I had been waiting for months to enjoy the port and enjoy some spring on land. There was an epidemic. In Port April they forbade us to go down. The first days were hard. I felt like you. Then I started to respond to those impositions by not using logic. I knew that after twenty-one days of behavior a habit is created, and instead of complaining and creating terrible ones, I started behaving differently from all the others. I began to reflect on who, in deprivation, has many and for all the days of his miserable life, to get in the right perspective, then I worked to win. I started with food. I forced myself to eat half of what I normally ate, then I began to select more easily digestible foods, which would not overload my body. I went to feed on foods that, traditionally, contributed to keeping man healthy. The next step was to combine this with a purification of unhealthy thoughts, to have them ever higher and nobler. I forced myself to read at least one page a day of a book on a topic I didn't know. I forced myself to do physical exercises on the bridge at dawn. An old Indian had told me years ago that the body is empowered by holding its breathI forced myself to take deep breaths every morning. I believe my lungs never reached such a force. The evening was the time for prayers, the time to thank some entity that rules everything, for not giving me the fate of having serious deprivations for my whole life.<br />Always the Indian advised me, years before, to get into the habit of imagining light entering me and making me stronger. It could also work for loved ones who were far away from me, and so this practice also made an appearance on every day I spent on the ship.<br />Instead of thinking about everything I couldn't do, I thought about what I would do once I got off. I saw the scenes every day, lived them intensely and enjoyed the wait. Everything you can get right away is never interesting. Waiting serves to sublimate desire, to make it more powerful.<br />I had deprived myself of succulent foods, of many bottles of rum, of blasphemies and curses to be listed in front of the rest of the crew. I had deprived myself of playing cards, of sleeping a lot, of lazing around, of thinking only of what they were depriving me of. "<br />"How did it end, Captain?"<br />"I acquired all those new habits, boy. They made me get off after much longer than I expected."<br />"Did they also deprive you of spring, anyway?"<br />"Yes, that year they deprived me of spring, and of many other things, but I had nevertheless flourished, I had brought spring inside, and no one could have stolen it anymore".<br />Alessandro Frezza - from the diary of Donatella Anna Maffei</div>
Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-85975567077820447072020-03-23T06:58:00.000-07:002020-03-24T03:47:16.899-07:00CORONAVIRUS - thoughts from American in Italy<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
WHERE you are born and HOW you are brought up, may be a factor whether you live or die in this new situation. This thought came to mind when just now I was thinking about New Zealand, because one of my daughters is now there. We were there long ago, and to tell you the truth, after several weeks there I was sometimes missing the confusion and the imperfection of Italy! Everything is so well organized, and people are so polite and things work beautifully. In a place like that, I am almost sure that they will be able to get people to STAY AT HOME and not to socialize even if their don't force people to do so.<br />
Here in Italy there is just too much "I don't care" as a common attitude. Just the fact that people cut into line, or throw paper out of the windows, or get rid of their dogs thinking others will pick them up and take them home, THESE ATTITUDES are now being shown here. And not only here in Italy. I do believe that where people are very free, and if those free people are also egotistic, then we and they have a HUGE PROBLEM THAT COULD COST THEM THEIR OWN LIFE AND THOSE OF OTHERS.<br />
How does that work? For those who don't know, I will tell you (remember I AM NO EXPERT, JUST AN AMERICAN LIVING IN ITALY).<br />
1. You go to a party<br />
2. At the party someone has no symptoms but they have the virus<br />
3. You speak with that person, you are close to them. You get these microscopic droplets into your system.<br />
4. You go home and for the next two weeks you feel fine. You have NO SYMPTOMS. BUT....who knows how many people you have infected!! You would not even be able to keep count!<br />
5. Let's say one of these people, like one of your parents get this virus from you. They end up in the hospital. Now, YOU HAVE TO ISOLATE YOURSELF, ALONE LIKE A DOG AND.....<br />
GET IN TOUCH WITH EVERYBODY ELSE THAT YOU WERE WITH DURING THAT TIME.. At their homes, at the office, at the bank, in a bar, at a gym, at the market, at a party, at a concert, on the bus, on the metro, on the sidewalk waiting for a film, in the movies, at a coffee shop, at the post office, at your relative's house, at an old-age home, and the list goes on. YOU HAVE INFECTED ALL OF THESE PEOPLE!!! YES YOU!!</div>
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IF you are lucky enough to understand that you don't have to be born in a Comunist country where there are enforced laws and if you don't follow them you could be in deep trouble, then maybe you will be able to understand the above. YOUR ACTIONS, AND YOUR CHILDREN'S ACTIONS, COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!<br />
And what about on the beach? We are seeing this NOW, TODAY, IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. IS THAT OK? READ UP ABOUT IT!!!!!|!! IT IS NOT OK!<br />
You put on sunscreen and another person uses the bottle, touches their face and eyes and mouth, and they have the virus from someone who didn't know they were contagious. This bottle and germs is being passed around, or drinks are being shared, cellphones and selfies. Towels, icecream, and holding hands and kisses. All these things now, yes, have to stop. IT IS NOT THE TIME!!!! READ UP ABOUT IT! PEOPLE ARE D Y I N G.<br />
AND THEY ARE NOT ALL OLD!!!<br />
For some reason, probably also because they are so busy filling up hospitals and trying to save lives, are not telling us exactly the number of people who are young and dying. They are there.<br />
We see plenty of posts about people online. Check it out, do your homework.<br />
And shopping??? Once every two weeks for us is enough. We have a medium fridge, but those American fridges can hold enough for more than a month, or maybe two. If you don't have a lemon, or whatever, be without. It may cose you your life to go out! CHECK THE FACTS, AND CHECK THE SCIENTISTS.<br />
Getting back to my beginning theme, about where one is born, I do think, some countries are more respectful of rules and regulations. Maybe lots of Americans are used to having police around, and lists of rules posted in gyms, schools, doctor offices. But, it has more to do with all sorts of things, and the big one is respect, RESPECT. Right now, RESPECT is going to save you, and me, and everyone. Hospitals are filling up so fast that they can't take everyone who needs them. They will fill up less if people do what the doctors are asking them to do, STAY AT HOME and this way less people will be contaged with the virus. IT IS SO SIMPLE, PLEASE, TRY TO UNDERSTAND!!</div>
Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-85301152108688702542020-03-19T07:42:00.000-07:002020-03-19T07:42:29.023-07:00American in Italy and Coronavirus -- The Elderly<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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I am not an expert. Just a normal American woman who has been living in Italy since 1974. And I also have a daughter in China, so I am lucky to receive information and guidance and experience of this daughter who has learned a lot having lived through this virus directly in China. </div>
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Where I live in Perugia it is a small city, so it is easy to hear directly of people's experiences. The number of contagious people in Italy is very high. We all know someone who works in the medical field here, so information is constantly getting to us.<div>
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From afar, I am seeing and hearing things that are being said and shared by Americans. I am disgusted with calling the virus the Chinese Virus (this, thanks to you know who!!). There are various ideas about whether the virus actually did come from China or not, which you can find on the web.</div>
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And I am also angered at the hostility against Chinese or Asians in general in the USA. It also has happened here, and is dreadful.</div>
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<b>Today a friend just wrote asking me if it is true that "Italy is not caring for the elderly if they contract the virus". I looked it up on SNOPES to get the truth. Snopes searches the truth about current affairs mostly, and you can count on their research and opinions. </b></h2>
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As I had known basically, there are mixed answers on this question about the elderly. Definitely it is not that Italy doesn't care for the elderly, but just like in any other country who is not ready for the amount of people who are constantly being taken in ambulances to the hospitals, <b>if they don't have enough machinery, enough of the machines that aid with respiratory difficulty, then at that point, if the hospitals are overcrowded and a decision must be made about who gets the machine and who doesn't, the choice will go to the person who has the most possibility of surviving</b>.<br />
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Harsh, but true. AND THAT IS WHY ALSO, RIGHT NOW IT IS IMPERATIVE TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND TO STAY IN GOOD HEALTH.<br />
Italy is not the only country with a lack of these important machines. Also now we will see if the USA will be prepared to care for the amount of people that most likely will come down with the virus.<br />
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Another truth is that visitors are not able to come and visit very ill relatives because this virus is way too contagious. This means, now is the time to stop being with people, and if you have to be, a mask and a very good distance between the two of you. </div>
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DON'T SHARE POSTS OR INFORMATION BEFORE CHECKING IT</div>
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THIS VIRUS IS NO JOKE....</div>
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-73901381419050268452020-03-18T10:23:00.000-07:002020-03-18T10:29:34.360-07:00Coronavirus -- Some Viewpoints from American mother in Italy, daughter in ChinaIt has been a while since I have written here. I feel it is my duty to do so now.<br />
Being an American who has lived in Italy for 45 years, and having a daughter who has been in Beijing, China for five years, definitely our latest experience of the Coronavirus has changed our phonecall conversations, and has definitely made it more useful for me to talk with my daughter more often.<br />
She gives me excellent advice, and I listen.<br />
I thought I would share some of it here with you now.<br />
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She tells me to be very careful in some situations that we do not especially hear about now in Italy. Let's say, these hints are more specific, and can be easy to do and useful.<br />
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One things my daughter suggested is to avoid elevators. She suggests using a mask whenever you are in places where people might be, and now, crowds should be totally avoided as we have been doing here in Italy for weeks. But, today she mentioned this. When one walks into a building, where you must go into someone's home (for example, going to visit your mother or relative who you are assisting), immediately before getting into the building, you should put a mask on. Once in the apartment of the building you can take it off.<br />
The reason for this is that you don't know who was in that building a few minutes before you, perhaps someone sneezed or coughed. The virus is not totally known, and extremely contagious. So, this extra precaution is useful.<br />
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Another interesting concept is that fruit and veggies, when possible, should be cooked as a preference.<br />
IF you eat them raw, she suggested to peel them with ONE knife, and then when you are eating, use ANOTHER knife, not the same one. In Italy we shop and chose our produce with a plastic glove supplied by the store. But, if you chose and pick, and people are doing the same, this sounds like a logical idea to me.<br />
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You don't want to just bite into an apple in these times. Best to peel fruit. Here in Italy I know that sometimes people have the habit of washing their fruit first, and then peeling. But apples and pears are always peeled.<br />
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My daughter also told me that at her last apartment they had a large sign with rules to work by, during these times. If a person worked alone, they were told what kind of rules to go by. If they worked with others, there were other things to respect. It is extremely organized in China, and people do go by the rules.<br />
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<b>Speaking of rules, it is so necessary now to isolate, and not to socialize.</b> You just do not know for sure who might have this virus, even without having symptoms. That is the tricky part.<br />
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It might be interesting to see what the radio station CRI (China Radio International) has to say and what they post, also regarding rules to follow during this time. This is the Italian link. Definitely all other languages exist also, just Google them. I remember seeing an excellent video made by the Chinese regarding hand washing, but I am sure they have many others.<br />
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A smart thing, I believe, is to take the experiences of who has or is going through this before you. Read the experts, I am not one, but being here in Italy I have had a few days more experience than friends in the States. And I listen to my daughter who had even more experience, being in China.<br />
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As time goes on, each day passes, our worlds are getting smaller and smaller, we are more limited each day with what we can do outside of our four walls. Actually, lots of good is coming from this, along with the inconveniences. Look for the good, it exists, even in this situation.<br />
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Good luck and stay safe!!<br />
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It was an exciting day in Perugia, Italy, when thousands (perhaps 7,000?) literally poured onto the main streets of the town, in the name of solidariety, peace and looking to promote goodwill and acceptance of all people, rather than the hate and agressive language and behavior we have been used to lately, due to the political climate in Italy.<br />
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The sardines are a symbol of the thousands of people, crushed together like sardines in a can, filling the various cites of Italy and beyond, looking to unite and promote a new era, completely in the opposite direction of who is currently in power.<br />
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That is me in the center with my sardine that says PESCE AND LOVE (a play on words, rather than peace, I changed the letter to spell PESCE, which means, in Italian, FISH)<br />
Two lovely girls that I met on the street, with their handmade sardines.<br />
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Lovely friends in Perugia, Pietro Crocchioni, artist and wife, Giuliana with their own sardine, painted by Pietro!<br />
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Fun and more new friends and sardines filling the streets. Some of the<br />
people are holding MY fish in order to let me use my camera to take these pictures.<br />
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A HUGE celebration, probably between 5,000 to 7,000 people.<br />
<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-21392702616499532532019-10-27T16:10:00.001-07:002019-10-27T16:10:19.676-07:00Steve Seymour - article in TRACK COACH (Track and Field) <br />
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extensive story regarding my father’s sports career, as well as an excellent
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<span style="font-size: large;">For a fascinating story of how these videos </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">were brought to my attention, and more </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">information regarding my recent </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">discoveries about my father,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> click on the <b>third link</b> to my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Link to Stephen Seymour</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> in the 1948 </span><span style="font-size: large;">Olympics, </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>throwing the javelin </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/_hMGcSJGlKk</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Link to Stephen Seymour</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> demonstrating all the technical </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>steps to throwing the javelin </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/SuRSqAVOdJg</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Link to my blog with details </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>about how these videos were </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>brought to my attention and many</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> details regarding my father.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It is a fascinating story. </b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><b>Dr. Stephen Seymour, Olympic champion </b></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><b>silver medalist, London 1948</b></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><b>(Please note the two important links listed below in <span style="color: blue;">blue</span>)</b></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Just days ago one of the most extraordinary events of
my life occurred.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> It was a connection that happened due to today’s electronic
age,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> but also something that was triggered by a man’s passion for the javelin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Kevin McGill received my contact information after
reading a post I had</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">written on my blog See More Worlds, about <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my father Stephen Seymour. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My dad had been <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an silver medalist winner in the 1948
London</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Olympics in the javelin throw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Kevin wrote me a long letter in which he told me that
he had run across </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">my dad’s javelin exploits in Modern Track and Field, a book
by</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Ken Doherty. He quoted from my father’s javelin clinic in 1949, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">in front of
the national College Track Coaches. Around that </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">time</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> there was an article on my
father in Strength and Health </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(which he is trying to locate). The following
quote interested Kevin,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> which was a postscript of my father’s: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">“One mustn’t think of the
javelin as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a minor sport,</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">like curling or
anything. </span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">The javelin represents</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> the glory of Greece</span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> and it symbolizes man’s
search</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> for his primitive ancestral identity.</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> I can blink my eyes and look out
at a javelin thrower</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> and see tens</span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> of thousands of warriors marching </span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">across the
field </span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">and I can hear the voices of antiquity. </span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">No, the javelin isn’t some </span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">minor
sport. It is classic.</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> It is beauty.</span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"> It is excellence. It is immortality.”</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue;">(Steve Seymour, 1948 Olympic Games silver medal winner</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue;"> (Kirshenbaum
1969, p401)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kevin McGill
himself is a former javelin thrower who never</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;"> lost interest</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> in the event in
nearly 60 years. He had coached </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">at Columbia, and currently </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">assists several javelin throwers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> in college
and high school.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> Regarding the above quote he writes:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It seems to me that the current track and field world</i></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> needs to</i></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i> be
reminded of this quote, and the terrific </i></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">accomplishment of your father.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He continued : </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“He was the first US thrower to go to Finland in
search</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> of how they threw and trained. I was lucky to find a video of him</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> throwing in the 1948 Olympics, in the middle of a video in Finnish</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> on the
winner. He was already a good technician, much better</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> than any American, until
Bud Held came around. “<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Here is a guy
who basically started</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> modern</span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> American javelin throwing.</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The current </span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">coaches</span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and
athletes </span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">should learn more </span></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">about this terrific athlete!!”</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kevin’s second
letter contained the link to this video.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;">First, I will say that while in Los
Angeles last year, I desperately</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;"> tried to</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> save an old movie reel from the 1940’s
that had been packed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> away in a</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> blanket, in my parents’ garage. It </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">included faded and </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">unrepairable clips </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">of my
dad. The film itself was a fire hazard and</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> had</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> already “burned”</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> through the
round metal container it had been </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">stored in. </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">The most I</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> could do was to take a
video of the faded film,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> and some </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">artistic</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> photographs.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">You can barely see the
subject matter,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> but one </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">could see </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">an arm and </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">a javelin that had to be my father’s.
I</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> went to </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">the fire </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">department to </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">find out about the danger of this kind </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">of </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">film, and </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">eventually a</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> Los Angeles agency came to pick </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">up the </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">film </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">and</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> then disposed of it safely.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;">The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>following link <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shows my father at about 4:32</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;"> competing in the
1948 Olympics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d2228;"><a href="https://youtu.be/_hMGcSJGlKk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #196ad4;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/_hMGcSJGlKk</span></span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;">In mailing me
this video Kevin writes</span></div>
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the gold medalist. I would love</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> to know what he said about your dad!!”</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;">I too was
curious to know, and got in touch</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14.0pt;"> with a friend </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">on Facebook, Aras.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">who I knew to be
from</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">Finland! He </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">and</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> his </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">Finnish wife kindly sent me</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> translation of this </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;">Olympian winner’s words, which were</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> emotional</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14pt;"> to hear and learn about at this
time in my life:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“If anyone can
shoot longer, then he should be the best. </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">There was a guy from California,
Doctor Seymour, who was</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> in better shape than me. But he had bad luck. In the
London </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Olympic Games the wrong man won the title! Seymour was </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">much better than
me but he didn’t have luck and he lost</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> because of throwing just three meters
short.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I reflected on this comment of
the first place winner. It was a very</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> different </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">world one time!! He actually
admitted to the public of being</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> the wrong</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> man!</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> I can imagine my father’s
disappointment to not have</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> had a “lucky”</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> day. I wonder now if he every was
knowledgeable about</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> the words of this</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> winner, I imagine so.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">I was very impressed by this </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">first place winner's </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">honesty and generosity in</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> saying and admitting that</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> he should not have</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> won. Times have definitely changed</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> in the world of </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">sports, and not only! </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">I also am curious to know
whether a </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">painting </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">that</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> I found in my parents’</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> house, a painting from Finland
was bought</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> by my father or perhaps it </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">was a gift from someone</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> in </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Finland. </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">This will</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> be
almost</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> impossible to know.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;">Supposedly the winner went on, said the translator of
the video, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to be a very successful actor
and singer in Finland. His songs are</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;"> still sung to children to lull them to
sleep at night. My dad had</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;"> told me that he himself had been asked to play the
role of </span></div>
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hearing of this athlete becoming an actor, perhaps</span></div>
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well-known athletes once they</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;"> won....Hollywood got ahold of them!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;">A day or two later Kevin sent me yet another link. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;">This time an even more detailed one, a “guide” to the </span></div>
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javelin, with my father as a very </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;">young man, demonstrating. Possibly this film
was </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 14.0pt;"> refer to my father as “Captain”.
Here is this link:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://youtu.be/SuRSqAVOdJg" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #338fe9; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/SuRSqAVOdJg</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On a personal note, to see my father, run, jump, throw, and</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> to see his
facial expressions, after so many years (he died in 1973),</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> was more than
emotionally moving. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i>I am very happy to share this story with you.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i> For me it is
definitely a highlight of my life.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i>It is also a bittersweet story, since my mother</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i> just
passed away last year and I am sure she would </i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i>have been thrilled to see these
videos of her first</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i> husband in his younger years. </i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i><br /></i></span>
<i style="font-size: 14pt;">As this story proves,</i><i style="font-size: 14pt;"> even later on in life, there is </i><br />
<i style="font-size: 14pt;">always the
possibility</i><i style="font-size: 14pt;"> to have wonderful surprises</i><br />
<i style="font-size: 14pt;"> happen. And usually</i><i style="font-size: 14pt;"> these special things
happen due</i><br />
<i style="font-size: 14pt;"> to special people</i><i style="font-size: 14pt;"> who have a passion for life,</i><br />
<i style="font-size: 14pt;"> and in this case,a true passion for
sports.</i></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-34675102001841206402018-12-29T23:57:00.001-08:002018-12-30T00:05:14.917-08:00Wine in China, Sex Toys, and TV!!<span style="font-size: large;">So.............</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on television in Italy last night I turned on a program about wine in China.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am always interested in programs regarding CHINA after many trips there and family who are connected to that country for work.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size: large;">Two elegant sommelier (a lovely Chinese woman, and an Italian man) were tasting and discussing what kinds of wine sold well in China.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The SURPRISE came (shall I say SHOCK) when they ran a short video of a very wealthy businessman in China who bragged about how much he paid for various bottles of prized wine. One of his bottles is worth 50,000 dollars (!) </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">After showing this man surrounded by bottles, there was another surprise ...a machine transporting what I first believed to be bottles (??....they were awfully thin for bottles, they were a bit curved to be bottles....)</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">His statement:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">"I make SEX TOYS" "I used to like sex....</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">but now I like wine, one changes."</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">NOW................RAI UNO, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Are you trying to tell me that you didn't know what was on that film?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is money more important than a bit of class? (stupid question)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And....Mr. Wealthy Chinese Businessman....are pictures of your sex toys on an elegant film about wine, especially for Italy, supposed to help sales? (I would imagine so...otherwise, what was he trying to show that he is culturally an "all-around success in all fields"?)</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The HILARIOUS thing was that immediately</span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> after this film, the people in the studio</span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> just casually continued talking</span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> ONLY ABOUT WINE....</span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and not a word about SEX! </span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size: large;">I took this short video while watching the program....not having the faintest idea of what the ending was going to present. Here goes.......................CLICK ON THIS TITLE FOR A SHORT VIDEO </span><br />
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-44014669165351879982018-12-26T09:31:00.000-08:002018-12-26T09:31:19.241-08:00Rasiglia, Umbria A BEAUTIFUL morning for a little trip for our first time to Rasiglia, about 50 minutes from Perugia.<br />
In the hills after Foligno, this small town has gotten a lot of attention in the last two years due to social media. It is filled with clear and fresh flowing water, small waterfalls and fresh air, in a modest quiet little town.<br />
Here are some photos of our morning....<br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-85212915581151761542018-07-16T02:08:00.000-07:002018-07-16T02:14:47.112-07:00Back to Castelluccio!! Don't forget love and respect!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Let's respect one of the most beautiful places Umbria has to offer:</b></div>
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<b>Castelluccio!!</b></div>
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This year Castelluccio is being invaded by tourists,</div>
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which is a good thing.</div>
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BUT what I understand from internet, people are not THINKING</div>
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or using good sense in visiting this beautiful place. </div>
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They are CRUSHING flowers under the weight of their shoes and bodies, </div>
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they are SITTING on flowers and in the fields meant to be admired by all!!. </div>
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If you don't understand what to do when you go visit this magnificent place, please read below.</div>
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Thanks from</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Miss Fields</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mother Nature</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. Don't trample on the flowers,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">2. Stay on paths meant to be walked on </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Don't get into the fields for </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">a "better" selfie or photos with friends.</span></b></div>
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<b>These photos were taken a few years ago....</b></div>
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<b>please....don't follow their poor example</b></div>
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<b> and do what the sign says</b></div>
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<b> "Stay Out"</b></div>
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<b>Love is forever</b></div>
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<b>but flowers can die in a minute. Watch your step!</b></div>
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-35045859419680373102017-10-28T04:03:00.000-07:002017-10-28T04:03:33.880-07:00Opening at SPHINX - paintings of Stephanie together with jewelry<div style="text-align: center;">
Yesterday afternoon the opening of my exhibition of paintings in the elegant window displays of</div>
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A nice turnout, very enjoyable afternoon.</div>
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Here are a few of the many photographs taken. Showing of my paintings together with the vast variety of jewelry in the window displays until January 10, 2018.</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Ieri pomeriggio l'inaugurazione della mia esibizione di dipinti nelle vetrine eleganti della gioielleria</span><span style="color: red;"> SPHINX</span> di Perugia.</div>
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Ecco qualche fotografia -- i miei dipinti nelle vetrine del negozio con una bellissima varietà di gioielli. La mostra continua fino al 10 gennaio 2018.</div>
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THANK YOU to owner Anna (here to the right) for the generosity and enormous help in putting this show together, and to Nicoletta to the left, for her help. Wonderful teamwork, a pleasure to put this exhibition together with them.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">GRAZIE MILLE al proprietario Anna (qui a destra nella foto) per la sua generosità e grande aiuto a mettere insieme questa mostra, ed anche a Nicoletta per il suo grande aiuto. E' stata un bel lavoro di squadra, un piacere lavorare insieme a far possibile questa mostra. </span></b></div>
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-41935075808120735572017-10-24T09:18:00.001-07:002017-10-24T09:18:12.342-07:00SPHINX - Anna and Nicoletta invite Stephanie<div style="text-align: center;">
Friday at the spacious and beautiful jewelry store SPHINX in Ellera (Perugia) I will be showing small paintings in the many windows of the store along with their jewelry.</div>
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Here is a detail of one of the paintings along with the invitation.</div>
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All invited, hope to see you there.</div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-32770918470507081292017-10-16T11:50:00.000-07:002017-10-16T11:50:28.235-07:00ART LOVE ELEPHANT - to help save the elephantHere a couple of photos of the exhibition in which my new painting THE END is on display in the Benetton Museum in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso.<br />
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Part of the proceeds of sales will go towards this worthy cause, to help save elephants.<br />
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Here my painting, 50x1,30cm painting THE END acrylic on canvas.<br />
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Catalogue available with the works of thirty artists, painters and sculptors.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> together with jewelry in this stunning store at La Galleria, Ellera (Perugia).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
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<b>All are invited to share a glass of wine together.</b></div>
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<b> Feel free to share this event, that is open to all. </b></div>
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</span>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301418648743133574.post-28797282143589223242017-10-06T12:40:00.002-07:002017-10-06T13:10:13.313-07:00MAGICAL MUSIC DAY -- Can this be possible?How can these coincidences be possible? A MAGICAL MUSICAL DAY.....???<br />
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I woke up at 6am to a message I read on my cellphone from a group of musicians in the USA.<br />
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I went back to bed and got up an hour later, reading about pianist brother who had landed in Korea and was getting ready for his performance of La La Land concert. There was a picture of him on stage at the piano.<br />
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I then wrote to a friend who's sister, who is a singer and does a cabaret performance, will be in this town and is looking for a place to perform. I wrote to a couple of musical friends I know and told them about her, and asked if they had some places to suggest.<br />
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Then, I decided to post a picture of myself with three saxophone players in China, yes, three of them in a park, a great meeting, very delightful and fun taking photos with them.<br />
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So far, it was a lot of music-oriented things for my morning.<br />
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Then, I went to Via dei Filosofi in Perugia, took a walk down the street and all of a sudden heard super loud music, singing from a microphone and music! It was coming from.....a barber shop!<br />
What??? I stopped, put a couple of bags on the ground, introduced myself, took a video of this extraordinary person, learned that he is a barber BUT that he sings at events, weddings, and loves to sing karaoke. It was WONDERFUL, he was DELIGHTFUL!!!<br />
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I couldn't believe meeting this man, and singing in a shop. A woman went by, remarked that "everyone stops to hear him". He even dedicated the song to me, and I have it on video! Wonderful!<br />
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I went to lunch at my mother-in-law's, and told her about my experiences of the day. We watched a video of my brother on Youtube.<br />
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I stopped into a shop in S. Sisto, where I told my story to a lovely young shop owner. She wished me "happy music" for the rest of my day and said "who knows what will happen next."<br />
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I didn't think anything COULD happen after that. But it did!<br />
After at about a year and a half that I haven't heard from him, a pianist with whom I had a special on tv made in my home, several years ago, this pianist friend sent me a link to his new album.<br />
Yes. I did end the day with one more coincidence, a musical one.<br />
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I T A L I A N T R A N S L A T I O N FROM Google Translator<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">GIORNO MAGICO MUSICA - Può essere possibile?
Come possono essere possibili queste coincidenze? UN MAGICO GIORNO MUSICALO ..... ???
Mi sono svegliato alle 6 del mattino a un messaggio che ho letto sul mio cellulare da un gruppo di musicisti negli Stati Uniti.
Sono tornato a letto e mi sono alzato un'ora dopo, leggendo del fratello pianista che aveva atterrato in Corea e stava preparando per la sua performance del concerto La La Land. C'era una foto di lui sul palco al pianoforte.
Ho poi scritto a un amico che è la sorella, che è una cantante e fa una performance cabaret, sarà in questa città e sta cercando un posto da svolgere. Ho scritto a un paio di amici musicali che conosco e li ho raccontati, e ho chiesto se avessero alcuni suggerimenti.
Poi ho deciso di pubblicare una foto di me con tre giocatori di sassofono in Cina, sì, tre in un parco, una grande riunione, molto piacevole e divertente scattare foto con loro.
Finora, sono state molte cose orientate alla musica per la mia mattina.
Poi, sono andato in Via dei Filosofi a Perugia, sono andato a piedi lungo la strada e tutti improvvisamente sentito musica super forte, cantando da un microfono e musica! Veniva da ..... un negozio di barbiere!
Che cosa??? Mi sono fermato, ho messo un paio di sacchetti per terra, mi sono presentato, ho preso un video di questa straordinaria persona, ho appreso che è un barbiere ma che canta a eventi, matrimoni e ama cantare karaoke. E 'stato MERAVIGLIOSO, E' stato DELLEZZA !!!
Non potrei credere di incontrare questo uomo e cantare in un negozio. Una donna è andata, ha osservato che "ognuno smette di sentirlo". Ha anche dedicato la canzone a me, e lo ho in video! Meraviglioso!
Sono andato a pranzo a mia suocera e le ho detto delle mie esperienze del giorno. Abbiamo guardato un video di mio fratello su Youtube.
Mi sono fermato in un negozio a S. Sisto, dove ho raccontato la mia storia ad un giovane proprietario di un bel negozio. Mi ha augurato "musica felice" per il resto della mia giornata e ha detto "chissà cosa succederà dopo".
Non ho pensato a nulla POST dopo che. Ma è successo!
Dopo circa un anno e mezzo che non ho sentito parlare di lui, un pianista con cui ho avuto un appuntamento in tv fatto in casa mia, molti anni fa, questo amico pianista mi ha inviato un link al suo nuovo album.
Sì. Ho finito la giornata con un'altra coincidenza, una musica.</span><br />
<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864556865463645506noreply@blogger.com0