Had my hair cut today. A wonderful experience. It was done with so much dedication and … respect. I am considering returning to Italy, in fact: to Petrignano, every time …
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11 dec
Pope Francis is the Time man of the year. It seems like he’s opening up the catholic church a little bit. Popes and St Francis, it is a fascinating story. …
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10 dec
Went for a walk today. First I had planned to walk The St. Francis walk of Peace or something like that. It is from Assisi to Gubbio, the walk St …
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9 dec
Read a few books about St. Francis in the last few days. These were books I owned for many many years, just waiting for the occasion to be picked out …
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8 dec
We haven’t been in Italy that long, but already saw some pretty amazing Nativity Scenes. St. Francis invented them, we found out. He came up with the very first one, …
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7 dec
After a bloody cold night – frozen windows do create lovely iceflowers – we headed into the promise of Arezzo. Cut all the available churches down to two, but had …
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6 dec
Arezzo. To be honest, I had never heard of it before. It is in Tuscany, and it seemed just the right city to aim for on the way to Assisi. …
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Sinterklaas. The traditional beginning of a month with lots of traditions. Time to be nostalgic. Because I adhere to what the Dutch stand up comedian Wim Sonneveld said: Enough of …
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a visit
Wouldn’t you love to be you again, for a week or a few hours, as a child? To be yourself when you were new? To see the world before you …
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4 dec
Went to see Le Thoronet abbey, today. It was something I had been looking forward to for a long time. There are three Cistercian abbeys in the Provence left. We …
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