Addio, 2012

December 28, 2012

It’s not even gone, and I’m already nostalgic.

2012 will be abandoned like an old Sicilian house. Cobwebs of memory will trail over  bleached walls. Doubts will creep in. Ghosts will whisper. A new generation will carve initials into decaying walls they don’t understand.

Farewell sorbet-pink days. Farewell sunlit skies. Farewell sweet grasses.

Abandoned house in Sicily with Pink Walls, Copyright Jann Huizenga

Must you push us out so soon, 2012? Can’t we linger in your embrace a little longer?

What awaits us through those dusty green doors?

Addio, 2012.

Old Green Doors in Abandoned House in Sicily, copyright Jann Huizenga

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Buon Natale

December 24, 2012

 

Buon Natale Means Merry Christmas to You
Buon Natale, to Everyone
Happy New Year and Lots of Fun

Buon Natale May All Your Wishes Come True
Buon Natale in Italy Means
A Merry Christmas to You

Far Away Across the Sea
In Sunny Italy
There’s a Quaint Little Town
Not a Clock Has Been Wound
For Over a Century

They Don’t Know the Time Or Year
And no One Seems to Care
And This Is the Reason
The Christmas Season
Is Celebrated All Year

Buon Natale, Means Merry Christmas to You
Buon Natale, to Everyone
Happy New Year and Lots of Fun
Buon Natale May All Your Wishes Come True
Buon Natale in Italy Means
A Merry Christmas to You

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Scenes from a December Sicily

December 17, 2012

Dicembre, a great season in Sicily.

Fog may roll over the hills.

Clouds may loom.

Laundry stays soggy on the line.

but…

Grasses are green.

Piazzas unpeopled.

Beaches bare.

Dog days done.

December in Sicily, copyright Jann Huizenga

Sicilian Cow in December, copyright Jann HuizengaSicilian Road in December Fog, copyright Jann Huizenga

Panorama of Ragusa Ibla, copyright Jann Huizenga

my sweeeeeeet December village

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Siamo Gatti Siciliani

October 31, 2012

Black Sicilian Cat, copyright Jann Huizenga

Sicilian Cats, copyright Jann Huizenga

Sicilian cat, copyright Jann Huizenga

Sicilian cat, copyright Jann Huizenga

By the way, did you know Halloween has Roman roots?

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To my East Coast blog friends: Sending you warm, dry & loving thoughts & may your lives soon return to normal.

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Heat Like Hellfire

August 24, 2012

A wind called Lucifero, Lucifer, is blowing heat like hellfire across Sicily (and the rest of Italy).

Is this what it’s like to live with climate change?

They say it’s the last and worst heatwave of the summer before rain and cool winds from the Alps bring relief. Can’t wait to see summer in the rearview mirror.

(Thank heavens for the sea.)

Boats in Scoglitti harbor, Sicily, copyright Jann Huizenga

Scoglitti Harbor, Sicily

 

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