Category: Venice

• Heart of Glass

  Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~~Anton Chekhov [Our glass horse from Murano, Italy. Photo is mine.] Sometime in the ancient distant foggy and shadowy history of human existence, someone discovered how to make glass. This is thought to have occurred around 4,000 years ago.…

  patrickjegan

  July 23, 2023

  art, Creativity, History, Love, Memories, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Time, Travels, Venice

  Art Glass, Glassmaking, History of Glass, Murano Italy

• It’s The End, But It’s Far From Over

  I wish, I wish, I wish in vain I wish, I wish I was a youth again But a youth again I can never be Till apples grow on an ivy tree. ~~”Love Is Pleasing” The Dubliners [The Bridge of Sighs, Venice. Photo is mine] I didn’t think I could do it. I worried that…

  patrickjegan

  June 24, 2023

  Adriatic Sea, Adriatic Sea Cruise, art, death, England, environmental degradation, History, In Search of Lost Time, Kennet & Avon Canal, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Paris France, Pompeii, Real Personal History, Rome Italy, seniors, The Pope, Travels, Venice

  aging, Aging & Walking, Canterbury England, Dorset, England, Final Adventures

• Midnight Thoughts of Venice

  [San Giorgio Maggiore in the distance. Photo is mine.] Venice has been said to be the most romantic city in the world. I can think of one famous resident who certainly thought so, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (b. 1725). He should know a thing or two about romance. He claimed to have slept with at least…

  patrickjegan

  May 7, 2023

  History, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History, seniors, Travels, Venice

  Canals, Gondolas, Piazza San Marco, Venice