by Michele Genthon | Nov 21, 2019 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
It is difficult to drive and cry at the same time. And it was all Sylvia Poggioli’s fault. I admit that when I first saw the pictures of the flooding in Venice, I did not pay much attention. Every year at this time, water flows into the lower-lying areas of...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 22, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
GONDOLAS (Written October 2, 2013) This morning, while fixing breakfast in our apartment, I heard a gondolier singing, not an unusual occurrence in Venice, but his voice sounded like it was in the next room. I pulled back the curtains and shutters, and a gondolier was...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 13, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
Venice is built on a lagoon, its homes whose weight is borne under the water by heavy beams arranged in circular patterns, appear to float on its surface. Its wealth and power extended for almost one thousand years because of its facility in using...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 3, 2011 | MUSINGS, Traveling
VENICE – So Easy to be Lost, So Easy to be Found An Italian Balcony Each time we travel, I send observations to my readers at the end of the journey. Here are some random thoughts about our 2011 trip to Venice along with some of my photos. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 9, 2011 | MUSINGS, Traveling
Searching for Elena Elena Piscopia Cornaro was the first woman to receive a university degree (in 1678). There have been several biographies of her life so I know the facts; but I want to know more about her thoughts and desires and heart, so I am searching...
