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Rome Alone 29 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
This image – of the beach at Fiumefreddo – is wholly irrelevant… Catania, 16:18, 25th July, 2013 I’m sitting on a balcony at a friend’s flat in the middle of Catania. The view from the balcony remind...
A Thousand Words… 18 Jul 2013 | 08:40 pm
You may have noticed, I have fallen out of the habit of blogging. Or not. Doesn’t matter. The important thing is that I have fallen into the habit of writing every day about what’s happening out here ...
A WWOOF Guide to Italy :: What is WWOOFing? 3 Jul 2013 | 09:21 pm
I’ve been surprised – since I started banging on about it – by how many people have never heard of WWOOFing. A common response to first hearing the word is a feigned confusion with ‘dogging‘, which, a...
The Gift of the Americans 2 Jul 2013 | 04:59 pm
A week or so ago… I had a bit of a revelation recently. I decided that I no longer had the desire to make money. This was a hell of a revelation actually. Almost blinding. I decided that it wasn’t re...
A Very Italian Summer :: Regardless of Outcome 25 Jun 2013 | 06:06 pm
Tuesday 17th June 04:45 Silence alarm clock and open eyes. 04:55 Get out of bed and contemplate dressing. 05:05 Dress and go to the main house for breakfast. 05:20 Recommence digging the earth aro...
Twelve Suppurating Scabs Do Not a Leper Make 23 Jun 2013 | 09:52 pm
Monday 17th June, 13:02 I haven’t quite figured out how, but I seem to have contracted leprosy. Consequently, I’m in quite a lot of pain. Mmmmm, pain. We started digging around the olives today in h...
Zollino 20 Jun 2013 | 10:17 pm
Sunday or Monday, I don’t know … time is unravelling in the sun…. Someone asked me about accommodation. At this particular farm, which I am loath to name for reasons I shall describe elsewhere, I am a...
Into the Grove 18 Jun 2013 | 09:14 pm
Friday 14th June, 14:42 So far, here on the outskirts of Zollino, I have mainly been working in the olive groves, the work consisting mostly of replacing the glass wool on each olive tree. The glass w...
Extraneous Moments :: France to Italy 14 Jun 2013 | 07:08 pm
Christ, I would kill for a bottle of moisturiser. In the meantime, here are some pictures. There will be a lot of these. I’m not sure extraneous is the right word, but you know what? i can’t bring mys...
These Boots Were Made For Working 13 Jun 2013 | 09:15 pm
Tuesday 11th June, 11:51 My boots were another birthday present from my sister, just before I moved to France two years ago last week. Here they are. Look at them… We’ve been through a lot together, m...
