What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? Wish I could say I’d won the lottery, but seeing I never buy tickets, that’s unlikely to happen. The past year has had its ups and downs, like any other year. Good times and bad times. Compared to previous years, it’s beenContinueContinue reading “UP and DOWN”
Author Archives: Maddalena Di Gregorio
Close encounters of a boorish kind
Do you ever see wild animals? I love road trips. Several years back I was driving through Corsica on a motorcycle, with my partner, when suddenly we were dragged to the ground. My partner immediately presumed I had done something that made him lose control. Meanwhile, I could hear a hell of a lot ofContinueContinue reading “Close encounters of a boorish kind”
No Cashless Society 4 Me
What technology would you be better off without, why? Call me old fashioned but a cashless society doesn’t sit well with me. I can definitely live without a central bank digital currency. Before getting to the heart of the matter let me bring a recent event to your attention. Yesterday ( Nov 28th 2024) oneContinueContinue reading “No Cashless Society 4 Me”
The Bridge I cross every night is called Sleep
Photo by Maddalena Di Gregorio If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time? Sleep is the only bridge I know of that allows me to time travel and to break free of any barriers we contend with on this physical plane. Here on earth, our bodies are bound byContinueContinue reading “The Bridge I cross every night is called Sleep”
Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man,or Thief
Poverty doesn’t necessarily have a face you’ll recognize Half the world lives on less than $2.50 a day 900 million people cannot read or write. Over 2 billion don’t have clean water or basic sanitation, and one-quarter of humanity lives without electricity. Every 3.5 seconds, a child dies from poverty. The ravages of the Covid Pandemic followed by theContinueContinue reading “Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man,or Thief “
A Relaxed Italian Getaway: Balancing Sightseeing and Seaside Serenity
I’ve been living in Italy for two decades now, and on my first trip to Italy from Canada, I assumed that given the land mass of Italy compared to Canada, I’d be able to see a good deal in three weeks. And I did, but nowhere as much as I had imagined. Italy is soContinueContinue reading “A Relaxed Italian Getaway: Balancing Sightseeing and Seaside Serenity”
Hope
What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)? I was a young woman living in Vancouver, British Columbia and had just moved to an old Victorian home with my then boyfriend. As with all moves there are boxes destined to simply be moved from one garage or basement to another, never be opened. IContinueContinue reading “Hope”
Bongo The Lion-Actor
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? I’ve met many famous people/artists in both film and music and the list would be long. I’ll start with Donald Sutherland, whom I met on my 21st BDAY at a then well known live entertainment club in Vancouver, where I also met RayContinueContinue reading “Bongo The Lion-Actor”
Food for Thought
Photo by MD Socrates said, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn’t talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean. Language used as a means to get power or make money goes wrong:ContinueContinue reading “Food for Thought”
The Only Way
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is ifContinueContinue reading “The Only Way”
Words Have Power 