CV - Small things

When all is somehow blurry due to overflow of things to take care of, the best is to focus on small things!







(and take sometime off to pursue your adored hobbies!!!)


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CV - inspiration

Even though lately I've been too busy, there are always endless inspirations themes around me!!

Colors, smells, nature, weather, …. Oh, well, anything can be inspiring all around us.

Moreover, having to move house soon, I'm in search of inspiration for the new house furniture: any suggestions?

Knitting inspiration at the wool stall at the market


Geometries in buildings…..





a wonderful springy menu!


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CV - experiment

Working together, sharing experiences and stories, enjoying life, experimenting!




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CV - bygones

Oh, so many memories and not so many photos on hand……



But these old boots, I have walked so many kilometer with thems, represent well a part of the ongoing voyage!

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CV - Slow

Slow is one of my favorite words, in its many meanings, especially number one shades are so appealing to me, as they imply savoring things.



slow |slō|adjective1 moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast: a time when diesel cars were slow and noisy | a slow dot-matrix printer.

• taking a long time to perform a specified action: she was a slow reader | [ with infinitive ] : large organizations can be slow to change.    

3 not prompt to understand, think, or learn: he's so slow, so unimaginative.4 uneventful and rather dull: a slow and mostly aimless narrative.• (of business) with little activity; slack: sales were slow.
5 Photography (of a film) needing long exposure.• (of a lens) having a small aperture.
    
adverbat a slow pace; slowly: the train went slower and slower | [ in combination ] : a slow-moving river.verb [ no obj. ]reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process: the train slowed to a halt | investment has slowed down | [ with obj. ] : he slowed the car.• (slow down/up) live or work less actively or intensely: I wasn't feeling well and had to slow down.

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CV - Vision

I have been having problems with my eyes lately. It seems that I'm entering that part of life in which the near vision is compromised, and so I can no longer wear my glasses to read, I have to take them off, as my left eye sees badly with them on. I suspect I shall soon get new glasses in order to read….  hopefully not too soon ;-)





Besides the glasses, my world vision changes over the years, as I have been documenting for the last 4 years with my 365 project!


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CV - motion

This week Corner view theme suits me more than perfectly, as I'm traveling around like mad lately. Not that I travel long distances, but I indeed move between houses quite a lot. Let's hope to achieve some peace soon…..



OK, I know, I shouldn't take pictures while driving…..

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CV - The colors of january

Sorry for using photos from last year…..

The colors of january here in Pavia are usually bleak, but when the sun comes out it's all magic!







PS And these are the colors in Australia in January









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CV - A good read

The Corner view theme this weeks suits me quite a lot: I love reading, and I had said I was going to make, now and then, a recapitulation of what I did in 2013, just to keep the memories. So it's not a dull list, but simply a way to … write down memories, which is partly what is about reading. If I may say….

2013 has been a very good reading year, with a grand total of 26 books read. In part this is due to me having now an e-book reader (actually I bought it two years ago), which has allowed me to always have a book in my purse, which is quite handy considering that I happen to travel unexpectedly and leave without passing from home so often. Of course I do continue to read paper books, which I love immensely.



My reads where quite hectic as usual: a lot of relaxing mystery books (All the Chesterton "Padre Brown misteries", two books from Andrea Camilleri, a favorite of mine), some thought-provoking books (I loved Serena Dandini's "Dai diamanti non nasce niente", Trevor waldock's "to plant a walnut tree", Nicolai Lilin's "educazione siberiana" and Frank Mc Court's "Le ceneri di Angela". Finally a book I loved a lot was by Chade-Meng Tang,  "Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)", that despite the title is a witty and interesting book, about aman working for google. Titels are in the language I read the book in :-)! Finally I read a couple of sic-fi books, a genre I do love quite a lot!

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CV- Light and darkness

And so a new Corner View year starts! Happy new year to all readers and corner-viewers, it is great to find you all for another year….
"Light and darkness" seems the perfect theme for a new start, last year was full of shadows and happenings, and maybe now the time to harvest plenty of initiated and not terminated things has come? Let's walk towards it and see what happens…...


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CV - Before and after

Before and after, is the flow of life, which right now is a bit chaotic. So I'll concentrate on a recent, nice hobby: spinning

Before




and after



Before



and after:



Now I just need a little time to knit it!



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corner view - what to do in....... Italy! (your country)

I'm back after a long silence, it's again super busy here, but this doesn't mean I cannot give you suggestions about what to do here... Oh, well, just do what you like, relax, look life happen and participate in it!











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CV - Home

This week theme is Home.
It's a theme I particularly feel, as I'm about to move once more. So home is one and many....

It's where you live



It's where you were born



It's where your friends are




It's where the family is



It's where you feel happy



I cannot believe it's summer break! So happy summer to you all, and see you soon....

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CV - five things about me

1. In winter I exclusively wear trousers and striped socks



In summer I love dresses



2. I'm building a huge curtain using bottle caps (see my life list, it's somewhere there!)



3. I spy rocks



4.  I love photography (also knitting, but it doesn't count here....)



5. I would love to raise my chickens




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CV - sights / special places of interest (that aren't mentioned in tourist guides)

Last week I went to Aspromonte, in Calabria to work in the field.

We crossed the Messina strait to go there from Catania



The landscapes are stunning







we met great people



it was hot but breezy



and there were flowers and insects



Unfortunately this beautiful place is not a touristic area, it sits in the middle of lands dominated by organized crime, and even though the people you meet are really great, it is not a completely "safe place" (do not mistake me, if you go there nothing will happen, and you'll have a good time). It saddens me so much that today in this country there are places where people do not have the same rights and opportunities as in the rest of the country, and my heart explodes when I see such beauty left to itself and exposed to savage exploitment, in the hands of few who oppress the majority.
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CV - Europe

Europe is my home, I still remember when the Euro came into life, I was working in France and all became suddenly so much easier.


(Amalfi, Italy)

And no more customs when moving.


(Paris, France)

And the proudness of being part of something bigger, different but united.


(Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic)

Of course there is still much a way to go, but so much has been done! I like Europe, I'm convinced it is the right way to go, and maybe you should know a little bit more about it too!


(Nurnberg, Germany)

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CV - somewhere else

Here I am back after quite a while, life is being complex and full of things, but all is well. And I could not return with this theme, after all right now I'm somewhere else, in the field with colleagues (more when I get back!).

CV - Feet

I have missed the hands post, but see yesterday for a catch up. And today it is about feet.




Feet are the base of every activity we undertake, yet we often mistreat them. I like to take care of them, and most of all I like to try and stay with them firmly grounded, especially in difficult times!



That's why I also like to take pictures with them in, as they remember me of where I was in any occasions and who shared them with me.




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C.V. games

What best to play cards with family and friends?

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corner view - simple pleasures

Today I'm traveling.... So this was pre-written, oh the simple wonder of this web time-machine...

I try to fill my life with simple pleasures, and the more I do so, the more pleasures I find and enjoy!

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