A very pleasant Sunday, Chocolate Ice Cream & Rufus – looking pretty

It didn’t quite go as planned on Sunday after all.  We DID go for a walk up Corso Buenos Aires on Sunday afternoon as many of the shops were open. We DID take Rufus, who got lots of admiring looks and lots of ‘che bello’s’ and who was perfectly behaved, as usual.  V got some presents for the birthday of a girl at work because he always seems to be the one responsible for taking the collection money and finding the presents.

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Far-Off Country; Italian/English differences; PdS/Carta d’Identità

Tomorrow I go to a far-off country and continuing the theme of random pictures from Google images, here is one from typing in the title.

Unfortunately, it is business and not pleasure.  Such is life.  I am unlikely to be able to post anything.

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Where are you?

So, blogging!  It’s interesting stuff.  To be honest most blogs are rambles by teenagers or people who think they’re teenagers.  Search through the blogs in Blogspot, Journalspace, etc. and most of the information is banal, to say the least.  You might find some like minded people, but mostly you don’t – or maybe I’m looking in the wrong places – or maybe there aren’t any people who think like me (which wouldn’t really surprise me).

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Wandering Scribe

Caught this on the BBC news site.  Wandering Scribe.  It’s from a lady who has been living in a car for 8 months or so.  She’s jobless, homeless, partner-less, etc.  But not your average homeless person.  Not living in doorways or parks or anything like that.  Got to admire her.  She deserves better, but I guess she’s not the only one.  I’ve always thought “there, but for the grace of God, go I”. Continue reading