gardening
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In a green shade
I am sitting on a bench facing the giant trunks of two tall trees twice my age – a Norway spruce and a Ginkgo. The Norway spruce, native as far south as the Italian Alps, was called picea excelsa (very… Continue reading
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On a train and the Lucca wall
On a passenger train, the living things passing by can strike you with a poignancy like nothing else. A child on a bike, that geranium on a window sill, green hills in April cloud shadows. Their brief appearances, and disappearance,… Continue reading
An American journalist heads for Italy to see his country changing from afar. 