…there’s nothing quite like it to make you appreciate the little things again (you know, like being able to walk across the room at more than a shuffle, and feeling like you might be around next week, and morning coffee, and actually eating food, and going outside, and sleeping, and stuff like that) – and so sorry it kept me from talks I had scheduled in Rome on Saturday and Milan yesterday (first time that has happened) but upon contacting the person who invited me for both I found her to be down with the same flu…and also sorry to miss Sunday’s local drama as thousands of rightfully fed-up Italian women took to the streets to protest against Silvio Berlusconi.