I’m curious about so many things. The truth about death and what comes afterwards. I will remain curious about that subject because that truth will only come when my time to die comes. Fair enough!
Science intrigues me, but a lot of it overwhelms me, so I don’t want to know too much. It’s scary!
Take neuroscience, for instance. It is far too complex. The brain amazes me. I know that it’s magnificent, yet my knowledge on the workings of the brain is very basic.
I’m curious about what my dog is thinking, and I wish she could talk. That won’t happen!
I could spend hours writing about things that I’m curious about.
Curiosity is a good thing, but remember… curiosity killed the cat, so some things are best left well alone!
I had been looking forward to many things about our holiday in Italy and one of them was collecting some doors pictures. I was not disappointed!
I was in awe at the amount of churches and cathedrals and little chapels in Como. The cathedral in the photos below is one of the most important buildings in the region of Como, Lombardy, Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Como and it is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta – Duomo di Como
(The last gothic cathedral built in Italy)
More from Italy next week!
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Thank you for reading today!
Do you read fiction? Recent historical (50s/60s)?
Would you like a peek inside the pages of Secrets in the Babby House? You never know, it may just be your cup of tea!
Set in a gossipy small town in Ireland at a time when marriage is for keeps and sexuality is repressed,Secrets in the Babby House is a family saga over three decades that starts in 1956. It isa story of love, deception, and stolen diaries filled with sins and secrets.
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?
If reincarnation is real, I’d like to be born in Italy, please!🙏
The first time I went to Italy was seventeen years ago. We went to a friend’s wedding in Lake Garda and it was the most beautiful place I’d ever been to.
We went on a day trip to Venice and lo and behold, Stephen proposed to me! He went down on one knee in the gondola and presented me with a beautiful ring!
I loved Italy so much and we always wanted to return.
And here we are as I write this; in Lake Como having a wonderful holiday with our 13-year-old daughter Lucy and Bella, my 13-year-old granddaughter.
Bella comes everywhere with us because she and Lucy are very close!
So, if I won two free plane tickets to anywhere in the world, it would be Italy. I’d like to go to Rome and Naples.
Lake Como Watching the sunset.
Thank you for reading today!
Do you read fiction?
Would you like a peek inside the pages of Secrets in the Babby House? You never know, it might just be your cup of tea!
Set in a gossipy small town in Ireland at a time when marriage is for keeps and sexuality is repressed, Secrets in the Babby House is a family saga over three decades that starts in 1956. It is a story of love, deception, and stolen diaries filledwith sins and secrets.
I can tell you what my immediate future plans are.
Rewind one day. We arrived in Bergamo (from Ireland) last night and landed in the early stages of a storm. Lucky our flight wasn’t delayed landing, as many were, because of the storm.
We were flying with Ryanair and, well, I’m sure the pilot said “Feck it, we’ll be grand” and he kept on going!
We landed fine!
Coming from Ireland, the first thing you notice when you step off the plane is the heat. Even during an Irish heatwave, the warmth from the sun is so different from the Mediterranean sun. (Same sun, yes, but you know what I mean)
Today, we are in the midst of the storm: thunder, lightening, and heavy rain. As we boarded our plane in Ireland, it was raining.
Am I annoyed? Not at all, because from experience I know that it won’t last longer than a few hours — at home it rains for days or weeks at a time.
It’s warm rain here. It’s refreshing because the climate is so hot. It’s forecast to end in less than an hour, and I hope it will take with it some of the dead heat.
Tomorrow we travel to Lake Como and we’ll stay there for five nights. I think it will be a little cooler there.
We love some heat and sunshine, but our Irish bodies are not equipped to cope with too much of it. It takes longer than a few days to become climatised.
Next week we’ll be back in Ireland and we plan to spend a few days in Kerry.
After that, we’ll travel to Westport for a family camping trip; weather permitting.
Our final trip for this summer will be a few days in London.
Then it will be back to school and work and looking forward to autumn — my favourite month!
Thank you for reading.
Do you read fiction?
If a family saga set in a small Irish town is up your street, you might like to have a peek inside the pages of my novel, Secrets in the Babby House.
Set in a gossipy small town in Ireland at a time when marriage is for keeps and sexuality is repressed,Secrets in the Babby House is a family saga over three decades that starts in 1956. It isa story of love, deception, and stolen diaries filled with sins and secrets.
Gloria McBreen 