A WAVE
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A wave. I think about waves often. Maybe because, reading a book some time ago, I discovered that the world isn’t made of still things. Maybe our sight deceives us, but reality is constantly in motion; it simply moves on a timescale very different from ours.
If I asked anyone who Einstein wa…
THE SARDIN RACE
The sardine race is a curious phenomenon, and in its own way also interesting.
Between May and July, a lot of sardines cross the seas of southern Africa, more or less always at the same point, within a local bay, before rising northwards to the eastern coasts.
It happens only once a year, like…
EVEN TOMORROW
You know, the other day, after I talked to you, I walked along the usual street, but instead of that dead end there was a path.
I had never noticed it.
You know, another time, after talking to you, on my way home, I discovered that I had another room, bigger and brighter.
I had truly never s…
HOPEFUL GREEN
What color are your eyes?
It depends on the weather.
I am fairly certain that on August 27, 2019, as I watched the seagulls cross the roof of the world on that chalk-colored beach in the Gulf of Mexico, they were British racing green. Just as I am certain they were the yellow of citron soda on…
GHOSTS
After Christmas lunch I didn’t feel well, was it the lasagna? Too much panettone?
…I saw more closely, and I noticed a small cut on my skin…and since it was a bad day, I fell into it. I found myself in a dark room, watching memories pass me by, some colorful, some black and white. There was a sme…
JUST A LIST OF THINGS
There is a thought that crosses my mind at the beginning of every year and knocks on my door. Knock knock! Who is it? It’s me! Who is me? My list of good intentions. In 2026, I would like to… Eat better, slow down, be more present, change something about myself. A tiny gesture, often fragile and reve…
NATURAL BORN KILLER
The idea that humans are born naturally violent, beyond the title of an Oliver Stone film, is certainly the fuel of all right-wing political movements, because the success of a product depends largely on the market to which it is offered. For example, to sell weapons you need wars, but to wage wars…
VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR APPLE PIE
I read in not a little poetic words that “the beauty of a house is made by the life of those who live in it”… it struck me a lot and I was overwhelmed!!! So… what’s the point of the beautiful, often even useless, things we surround ourselves with? What good are atmospheres and scents if you don’…
FOR A NEW SONG
One thing I loved about my grandmother’s house was the undisputed star of the dining room: an old piano. It was made of the blackest wood, and inside its mouth lay ivory keys and black keys that produced trembling, crooked, weary sounds. If you pressed them too hard, the whole body shivered, and you…