Mondiali di snooker – la sofferenza elegante degli sfidanti On May 1, at The Crucible Theater in Sheffield, O’Sullivan won the Snooker World Championship, claiming his seventh world title. We happened to watch a couple […]
AFTERMATH OF THE EASTER’s BREAK
STRASCICO DELLE FERIE PASQUALI
40 knots of happyness
40 NODI DI FELICITÀ Our windsurf vacation was too short, as usual. Off-season sun, beaches and turquoise sea were everything we needed to have a break from the wintery routine. And wind. Lots of wind. […]
THE STROGANOV EFFECT
EFFETTO STROGANOV The Beef Stroganov is a dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce of mustard and sour cream. In its vegetarian version, the sautéed pieces are mushrooms and onions. Both versions […]
Spring is Approaching!
LA PRIMAVERA SI AVVICINA! With the Spring, our gigantic hydrangeas start to have new sprouts. It’s almost time to prune off a hundred dried flowers. Who do you think could help? Con la primavera, le […]
WHAT ABOUT GOING OUT TONIGHT?
CHE NE DICI DI USCIRE STASERA?
COSMETOLOGY’S MIRACLES
MIRACOLI DELLA COSMETOLOGIA
THIS WINTER WE COULDN’T RESIST
QUEST’INVERNO NON ABBIAMO RESISTITO Since time immemorial, I wanted to buy our cats some dresses, yet Ruggero always opposed. This year, with the cold UK winter, I convinced him! ITALIAN É da tempo immemore che […]
THIS THING HAPPENS TO ME ONLY IN JANUARY
QUESTO MI SUCCEDE SOLO A GENNAIO
A CHRISTMAS TALE
RACCONTO DI NATALE This year my Christmas wishes include a little mouse. Not two hours were passed after setting the “gentle trap,” and he was already in. He seemed the shyest and prettiest of the […]
Hermetic poetry of a cat with an elizabethan collar
POESIA ERMETICA DI UN GATTO COL COLLARE ELISABETTA
How time can cancel your age
COME IL TEMPO TI PUO’ CANCELLARE L’ETA’
The unsuspecting zen of cats
L’INSOSPETTABILE ZEN DEI GATTI
FOOTBALL IS Not my strong suit
IL CALCIO NON É IL MIO FORTE
NEURONS ON VACATION
NEURONI IN VACANZA
HAPPY SUMMER!
BUON FERRAGOSTO!
THE IMPOSSIBLE UNWIND
VIETATO RILASSARSI
LIFE SOMETIMES
LA VITA, A VOLTE
Ruggero’s hair saloon!
OGGI I CAPELLI LI TAGLIA RUGGERO!
SMALL AND COMPACT
PICCOLA E COMPATTA
A Trip’s DIS-organization
ENGLISH/ITALIAN Those who say that traveling is nice should try to enter a foreign country these times, with two cats, a train and a taxi. It would be easier to join NASA and go to […]
House in a box
ENGLISH/ITALIAN What can be a brilliant solution, in the middle of a Lockdown, when you rented an unfurnished house and have only three days to move in, with furniture shops closed and even the beloved […]
Happy 2021!
To Everybody around the world!
The house by the Golf club
ENGLISH/ITALIAN “Why don’t we rent that lovely house near the Golf Club?” “Because we have two sporty cats, and we like to let them outside…” ITALIAN – Quella Casa Accanto al Golf Club “Perché non […]
A new Flag on our luggage
ENGLISH/ITALIAN Two months was all that we had to leave the beloved USA and reach the UK before the Brexit did. The invite came from West Yorkshire, the bright green region in the north of […]
Liberal Socks
ENGLISH/ITALIAN I have to admit my absolute lack of control over my socks. I never know where they are, where they go, often neither who they are. It’s like if a liberal, enlarged family in […]
Formichìla goes to Hollywood
ENGLISH/ITALIAN – On 16 February 2019 we brought LittReant in California. Already well in display on the Book‘s front page, she insisted to pose at the Star Walk and at the Chinese Theather, the most […]
Observing BETA
ENGLISH/ITALIAN Beta is the latest storm arisen in the Gulf of Mexico, a future as a hurricane, perhaps. She is slow, white, and hypnotic. Thinking of those enormous, rotating clouds, that taken together are big […]
Yoga Meditation
ENGLISH/ITALIAN I have started to practice Yoga meditation, and the first glimpses of truth are coming my way… ITALIAN Anch’io ho iniziato a fare meditazione, e i primi bagliori di verità stanno arrivando…
Meet my cat Augustina
ENGLISH/ITALIAN Augustina is a charming Middle Eastern kitty, intense, intelligent, and wise. When she looks at you, lingering for minutes, she seems to be reading your soul. She asks for things with her eyes and […]
Meet my cat Melinda
ENGLISH/ITALIAN My cat Melinda has such a fiery temper that could have the fur made up of flames and it would seem completely natural. She is a bully, a deadly hunter, and a hilarious companion, […]
Quarantine haircuts
ENGLISH/ITALIAN We are trying to make up for the Hairdressers’ closure in this period of isolation. We hope they come back to work soon! ITALIAN …Stiamo provando a rimediare all’assenza dei parrucchieri. Spero torniate presto […]
Mom Cat – Mamma Gatta
ENGLISH/ITALIAN With the stress through the roof and a thousand things to do… wouldn’t you love to have a big Mom Cat taking care of yourselves? ITALIAN Con lo stress alle stelle e mille cose […]
What do people really fear?
ENGLISH/ITALIAN What do people really fear in times of crisis? ITALIAN Di cosa ha davvero paura la gente, in tempi di crisi?
No panic!
ENGLISH/ITALIAN …Current CoronaVirus effects in our family: Dry eyes due to intense internet browsing Soap-induced hand dehydration Generalized paranoia Cats annoyed by the mandatory use of masks ITALIAN …Questi al momento gli effetti del CoronaVirus […]
Ordinary Weird
ENGLISH/ITALIAN What is the real ingredient for weirdness? Soon after my arrival in Houston, I met this guy at the supermarket, dressed in a rabbit costume. He was a bit overweight, his posture expressing all […]
Was it a Compliment?
ENGLISH/ITALIAN …When they told me “Your idea is Bunk”, I was almost certain that it was a compliment. Then I searched the Slang Dictionary… ITALIAN …Quando mi hanno detto “Your idea is Bunk”, ero quasi […]
AND, OR…
ENGLISH/ITALIAN AND, OR,… BUT. This unespected alternative to the usual logic operators “AND. OR, NOT” comes from a student of mine. And I cannot help but being fashinated, stop for a bit and ponder it. […]
A christmas gift…
ENGLISH/ITALIAN After six months, the contract for the utilities of my home in Tuscany was finally activated! We should have understood since the beginning that the paperwork had been entrusted to Santa Claus! ITALIAN Dopo […]
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