"Potato-vacation"

The weather is warm and gentle at the moment. A bit rain now and then, but not much and the temperatures are higher than usual autumn. Schools all over the country are closed right now, a week of vacation. Even though I don't have the whole week off, it's so nice and a relaxed atmosphere at home, when the kids have no obligations! No homework and no getting early up in the morning...

It's an old tradition, this week off. Many years ago everyone had to collect potatoes from the fields, inclusive schoolchildren! It had to be done before the ground got frozen - it was a common task!

...I wonder if the kids are aware of how easy their lives are now compared to previous... Now I sound like an old grandma!! "when I was young..." -Well I'm only 37, and no, I haven't collected potatoes either... I have been sleeping untill noon watched telly and only if my father forced me I went for a walk with him :-) I was no different than my kids...

It's so good with a week off - everyone should have the possibility.

Have a nice vacation to you who have...

Good morning :-)

Luciano Pavarotti

Buongiorno a questo giorno che si sveglia oggi con te,

buongiorno al latte ed al caffé, buongiorno a chi non c’è

e al mio amore buongiorno per dirle che è lei

che per prima al mattino veder io vorrei,

è un giorno nuovo e spero che sia buono anche per te.

Listen to the song

So soft...

I just love this song...

Leonard Cohen

"Hallelujah"

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Listen to the music

Summer vacation :-)

Monday 1 October
Grey, cloudy, wet and boring…
Time for candle lights, lighting the stove and perhaps some hot chocolate – maybe low cab??
I have to dig deep to find my motivation for almost everything!
The only thing I want to do, is to dream about vacation… searching for different possibilities… off course in Italy again… but how to get there, how to live there and for how long… some huge questions – which my mind cannot help being occupied with… And my fingers cannot help searching the internet…  And my eyes are encouraged by all the wonderful pictures on my screen… awakening memories from previous vacations…
Sono cose della vita...