Tag Archives: Podere Montecucco

Memories are made of this…PHD

On his last post Clay asked about the connection of our readers with nature, well I, for one, cannot imagine my life without being metaphorically ‘plugged in’ to what is around me. Through times of blissful joy and even deep … Continue reading

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Yet More Snow. PHD

On Sunday I did what I do far too seldom – I went out with camera just for the hell of it. It is what I used to do once upon a time – speculative photography, recording anything which struck … Continue reading

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An Italian winter – words from beneath the snow. PHD

It must have been around 1.00am this very morn that I woke with a bright shaft of light coming through one of those many cracks where my renovated shutters do not quite reach the window frame. A full moon was … Continue reading

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Italian Tale 3 – Seven years and no (h)itch. PHD

Isolation makes one reflective I find…we have been cut off for days, unable to get any vehicle close to the house as the often dry ditch that marks a part of the border of our plot is now a raging … Continue reading

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Time passes, time passes. PHD

Far too frequently I just cannot believe the way time passes or, perhaps, how my perception of that passage has changed.  I still remember, as a child, those seemingly endless nose-pressed-against-the-window days as rain drops chased one another and I longed … Continue reading

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The heat is nearly off: late summer in an Italian garden. PHD

August can be a busy month at Podere Montecucco, for this is the prime time for family visits  because of the strictures of school holidays. This year, it has also been unbearably hot – OK, I know that this will … Continue reading

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