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Finale Ligure marina. - #italy #liguria #ligurianlight #finaleligure (at Finale Ligure) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTb3oBtyfIYyofTkAf4t611sE6MEMncEqvA8g0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #liguria #ligurianlight #finaleligure

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Fishing boat heading into harbor. - #italy #liguria #liguriancoast #ligurianlight (at Finale Ligure) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQqz65tCFJDXW7YvP7CrzBZBKcYHGhiCA9moo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #liguria #liguriancoast #ligurianlight

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Gawd, I hate crowds. But it was Saturday morning and our Airbnb only had an aluminum Moka coffee pot. Anytime I cook anything in aluminum, I’m sure I’m soon to be scrawling my name on the wall with my own feces. We agreed to a very early expedition to the village of Finale Ligure, no doubt a zoo by mid-morning on this warm, sunny weekend. - White-knuckle navigating the hills (one-lane roads with two-way traffic) complete with hairpin turns and blind corners behind stone walls quickly lessen the effects of my morning smoke, but views of an already sparkling green-blue Ligurian Sea provide their own high. Hills are covered in lemon and orange trees, the harmonic hues of Le Corbusier’s color theory come to life; natural colors creating atmosphere. Passing a shrine to Madonna made with seashells, I prayed we’d find a parking spot, arriving early enough to miss the stroller set, the day-trippers, the hustlers. - A stainless Moka was found at a kitchen shop in the old quarter, the owner, a scarecrow of man, extending the customary discount, a charming Italian oddity. My wife stumbled onto a minuscule plant/pet store in an alleyway, purchasing treats to buy puppy silence. I’m convinced I would’ve been one of those parents who park their kids in front of a TV for an hour (or three) for a bit of fucking peace. - Set on a square away from the main piazza in front of a gigantic church, the cafe was mostly empty, the bells not yet striking ten. Mary by the Sea (or an equally beatific moniker) boasts white marble slab steps, their edges rounded from the heat and salt of the Med; the limestone’s black veins softened from the trodding of millions of pilgrim feet, or from sneaker-clad hooves of looky-loos like me, who push open every heavy wooden door on every chapel and cathedral, searching for quite literally god-knows-what. - Just as creme-filled brioche are dipped into frothy cappuccino, a blue Cadillac-hearse parked in front of us, spotless and glinting in the sun, ensnaring us as an unwitting audience to someone else’s circle of life. Somber folk filed into the church behind the casket, casting each bite and sip of our breakfast uniquely delicious, utterly appreciated. (at Finale Ligure) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOcr7Mtw02pcu2AV-zCBrKv0D0CzWlgtsgnng0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Waiting for rain. - #italy #liguria #liguriancoast #liguriansea (at Spiaggia di Pietra Ligure) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLMc4Dt5aVy2XWUjrtmmLWw1hxbz6Recgf5y00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #liguria #liguriancoast #liguriansea

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Ligurian Sea. - #italy #liguria #liguriansea #offseason (at Finale Ligure) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqI3FGitldcdxxCVTDaAE0JToyqCdHNT8SqnWQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #liguria #liguriansea #offseason

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Finale Ligure. - #italy #liguria #seaside (at Finale Ligure) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBL2J4NgWraod4NhSNvx7cAeZiLAMRZ4rbPhU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #liguria #seaside

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A little hit o’spring. - #italy #piemonte #altalanga #home #yellowtulips (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpizGzFN81dRDz4ce7jZypOLsKGXM9_MgTRaic0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #piemonte #altalanga #home #yellowtulips

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Muddy fields and purple crocus and wolf tracks in the remaining snow. - #italy #piemonte #altalanga #notyetspring (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiWDAnNo4TOS6CSZbWfYq2f_kxUgUbz4-RZEw0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #piemonte #altalanga #notyetspring

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A master who has traveled with me through many iterations of listening devices: vinyl, cassette, cd, and now his audaciousness and skill serenade from Sonos speakers throughout the house. Give a listen to The Completely Live at The Plugged Nickel 1965 and you’ll be forever changed (musically, anyway). With thanks and appreciation for sharing your talents, Wayne Shorter. What a legacy you leave us with! - #jazz #americanartform #music #ultimatecollaboration #rip https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYVsTjtWd41EifqOYJHI0BLDPmkyXhYNoIJQc0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#jazz #americanartform #music #ultimatecollaboration #rip

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Across the canyon. - #italy #piemonte #altalanga #winter #rural (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVi9lHt5s_C7by67w8JmSaxAStrESbG66v5Qk0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #piemonte #altalanga #winter #rural

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Corner. - #italy #piemonte #piedmontarchitecture #rural @ackermanmodern (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVHagAti0eA6iu628wgDOGEL7Lg5LG9vY0-4w0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #piemonte #piedmontarchitecture #rural

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Animal feed. - #italy #altalanga #piemonte #farm #rural (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpNlqmoNLUBUtWxO-ceEQolTbkkWtscwmbrHzI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #altalanga #piemonte #farm #rural

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Buried. - #italy #piemonte #winter #snow #altalanga #home (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpK5WgSNgTFVoPa2nrz9eWOra26xTDiq9hoHK80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #piemonte #winter #snow #altalanga #home

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Oyster mushrooms 🍄❤️ - #italy #dinner #cena #mushroom (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2IchNtcszc3HSEJgm9rZ_pSaiTRu9gNUEJxE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #dinner #cena #mushroom

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He showed up on the front steps one cold afternoon, in need of food, love, and serious medical attention. It would be easy to write him off as one of Italy’s uncountable feral cats, but this badly battered guy was obviously domesticated. One can never judge why someone would give up a pet (although I do, vehemently), or perhaps he just lost his way (doubtful). - For thirty bucks, the veterinarian will come to your home and take care of business: shots, pills, diagnostics, late-stage care. Weeks ago, his beat-up Panda careened down our driveway, and deposited a short, stout man lugging an ancient doctor’s bag and sucking on a cigarette held between stained fingers the size of pork salsiccia. While the puppy barked at him the entire length of his visit, we were relieved to know if any of the brood needs care at home, it exists here. - But the vet was busy on Piemonte’s opposite end, so texted a prescription for an antibiotic pill and a cream for the cat’s gaping wounds. Local pharmacies in rural areas deal vet drugs, so we scored both the cat’s meds and a bottle of shampoo in the piazza, just a few minutes away. For a week, a thick forefinger swipe from a tub of Philadelphia cream cheese (sold in most markets here) was key to selling the pills, and cotton face pads cleaned and creamed the wounds on Pomodoro, the orange coloring on his rounded body dictating the name. - We’ve been taken a number of times since landing here, one of them the purchase of an expensive, made-in-Italy mattress topper dense with goose feathers. It was like sleeping on a bed of fucking pin nails. Finally (angrily) giving up the ghost on making it work, it sat in a lump in the driveway, mocking my foolish purchase. The company was unmoved by my plight and returning it meant sending back (through the Italian Posta) something the size of a thick-planked dining table. So it was refashioned into Pomodoro’s hospital bed, his blood-stained bulwark against the windy, bitter nights. A fancy bed, meds, and bowls of whey, strained from the wife’s weekly yogurt production, was the magic needed for the cat’s robust return to health. - #itsafuckingzoo #italy #piemonte #rurallife #cats (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coz8aPoNJ2K0RqXQcy6NnuLJ93JjItIQcTueVQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#itsafuckingzoo #italy #piemonte #rurallife #cats

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Late afternoon walk. - #italy #piemonte #altalanga #passagiata #pleasesendsnow (at Niella Belbo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CosY261tiB8FPO_FN4Wf8aeYDW6xXiLHlE4WQI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#italy #piemonte #altalanga #passagiata #pleasesendsnow

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Eye-Bee-M Rebus poster (rebus is a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols, whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound). Designed in 1981 by Paul Rand for his poster in support of the IBM THINK motto, this rebus is now in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. - #rebus #art @retifex https://www.instagram.com/p/Com7zO_Nx00dE1gLagYgXlyZoHaIDzuapjlS8w0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#rebus #art