On January 27th, 2011, THE SUN RISING OVER ROME…
…viewed from my East facing studio window is something I anticipate every morning during the approximate two and a half hours from the time I am rising at…
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On January 26th, 2011, ORTICHE…
…or nettles, are to be found all over the streets of Rome, coming up from any unattended space between stones, they sting (a fact I am sure every…
On January 24th, 2011, WINDOW SILL MOSS GARDENS…
…were the impromptu focus of the day as I discovered the great abundance of gorgeous moss (the most exotic sort of vegetation to the eyes of an eleven…
On January 23rd, 2011, TWO BIG NAKED MEN WITH LONG FLOWING CAPES…
…greeted me as I was passing through Michelangelo‘s Piazza del Campidoglio this morning – Castor and Pollux, or Dioskouroi, twin cavalieri sons of Zues.
On January 22nd, 2011, A BRIGHT FLUORESCENT ORANGE WORK UNIFORM…
…is one of the best Italian street fashions around these days (since much of what we see the Romans wearing is so conservative, subtle, elegant, restrained, and even…
On January 21st, 2011, THE FLOWERING FAVA BEANS…
…or Vicia faba, are keeping my rooftop garden spring-like in the middle of a Roman winter – and since I have never grown them before, it is all…
On January 20th, 2011, MARCO RAPARELLI…
…will present the series of ink on paper portraits he has been working on for the past four months while in residence at the American Academy in Rome…
On January 19th, 2011, KNIFE SHARPENING ON VIA LEONINA…
…in Monti (my new favorite neighborhood of Rome – with the most personal little clothing stores in town – which I was seeking out today since it seems…
On January 18th, 2011, A FOGGY SUNRISE…
…and plants hanging out of a pair of oval portals that I stumbled upon during an all-afternoon bike-ride were the highlights of a day that ended with a…
On January 17th, 2011, LANDING AT FIUMICINO…
…feels like coming home now (with Alitalia yesterday afternoon) – approaching from the north over fields and farms of Lazio is especially welcoming – making me want to…
On January 9th, 2011, CESARE PIETROIUSTI…
…the Rome-based Italian artist (b. 1955) who is admired by all of my Italian artist friends, has an audio piece which I encountered today in a hallway gallery…
On January 5th, 2011, THE WORM REPORT…
…is good, they are devouring my kitchen scraps (about 3 pounds a week), turning it into sweet smelling fertile black-gold worm casting compost, and reproducing like crazy (lots…
On December 30th, 2010, ROOFTOP POTATO HARVEST…
…is the surprising legacy of the potato plants that were cut down by the one night of frost up on the roof last week – and as I…
On December 29th, 2010, PIRAMIDE CESTIA…
…the ancient burial pyramid of Caius Cestius built circa 8-12BC originally located in the open countryside and later integrated into the expanded Roman fortifications of the Aurelian Walls…
On December 28th, 2010, VILLA SCIARRA…
…is the hidden public park just around the corner which I have escaped to this morning – with sun shining and flu waning – named for the villa…
On December 27th, 2010, COMING OUT OF THE FOG OF MY INFLUENZA ROMANA…
…after 5 days in bed and now the sun is going down.
On December 22nd, 2010, IL FONTANONE…
…is just below me, on Gianicolo hill, with a commanding view of the city, made with stone and marble taken from the ancient Forum of Nerva and granite…
On December 20th, 2010, BACK TO THE ROOFTOP…
…for the Roman Rooftop Homestead plants – returning from their warm holiday retreat in my makeshift window greenhouse – now that this city has returned to it’s Mediterranean-climate…
On December 19th, 2010, I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE…
…which I just bought on Clivo Portuense the street with all of the bicycle/moped shops by Porta Portese – now that the rains have stopped – and already…
On December 18th, 2010, A WARM GARDEN BUBBLE…
…has been created in my East studio window this morning, providing a new winter retreat for my rooftop plant refugees as sub-freezing temperatures arrive in Rome evidenced by…