Somewhere in translation or translinguistic adaptation the Valley of the Temples changed names from the older Hill of the temples. Now all of this doesn’t matter because the temple built originally around 200BCE and updated Read More …
In Toarmina, a few kilometres from Cantania there is an ancient amphitheater that has been preserved through 2300 years of history and is again a cultural gathering place for music and theatre. Now all that Read More …
In one of many craters on Mt Etna we stand somewhat shaken by the fact that over 50 eruptions have occurred since February. The moonscape further testifies with a barenness that life evolves over hundreds Read More …
The bright colours of the orange and red cherry tomatoes promise flavour. The palate is more than rewarded by flavour bursts in every bite. The promise of “the best” in Sicilian tomatoes is delivered. Sweetness Read More …
The sandbags huddled in doorways are waiting for another rainfall – a waterfall in the city. The city is closed as if everyone were waiting for a snow-day. Everything is closed waiting for rain (By Read More …
Along the miles of littered sand waves break in thunderous self adulation. The waves pounding the shoreline hours after the rains stopped. Each roll a drumming invitation to the clouds to participate. The morning wind Read More …
It would be easy to let a little drizzle gray your view of the day, however with eyes wide open and apologies to Colderidge, Cantania paints life at every turn. On the succulent new life Read More …
Returning to Rome is a bit like walking on familiar ways. The city of super-sized monuments and bolts of history invites generations to meander the stone walkways between the fountains or along the Tiber. In Read More …
The title image captures the holding on that comes from need, want and trust. Floating down the river…part of the forever altered future. Airbus was to be a model of cooperation but became a juggling Read More …
The opening lines could come from the prophet Isaiah to our present age. What can easily be mislabelled as graffiti might well be viewed as a word (in pictures) to our times. The carefully crafted Read More …