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My Routine in Florence

On August 17, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
Okay, so I’ve dropped the ball with the daily blog. The truth is, now that I’m in an apartment, I’ve fallen into a routine, which includes working on the new book (which I can’t say much about). I really don’t want to write every day saying I woke up at around the same time and [...]
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A Rainy Day at Home

On August 4, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
What perfect timing! I moved into my apartment just a few days ago, and today there was a heavy storm during the afternoon in Florence. I spent most of the day in the apartment. Normally a great escape from the hot summer days (it’s very cool inside when the windows are open), today I opened [...]
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A Little Self-Reflection

On August 3, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
You might have noticed that since getting to Florence, I haven’t been going off on any spiritual tangents. Indeed, since leaving Assisi, those thoughts simply haven’t arisen again. That says something to me. In the future, I want to write a book about spiritual pursuits. I have a vague idea of how it would go. [...]
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An Apartment in Florence!

On August 2, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
Whew. Haven’t gotten around to writing until late in the evening. I wound up sleeping in this morning because yesterday was a busy…and boozy…day. The big news is that I moved into an apartment in Florence, where I’ll be ensconced (or at least sleeping) for the next 41 days (!). It’s a fantastic place. Most [...]
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Catching Up with October at the End of July

On August 1, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
Yesterday was the last day of July, and I spent most of it taking care of business: paying bills, making sure things were in order, and getting ready to move into the apartment I’ve rented in Florence for the month of August and part of September. I went to Trattoria Casalinga for the midday [...]
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A Visit with Jason Arkles

On July 31, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
Paolo! Paolo! What did you do to me? As you’ll recall from my previous blog entry, I saw Paolo Coseschi for an osteopathy treatment, and I spent the next day in a sleepy, lightheaded daze. I guess he moved around a lot of energy in my body. I’ll have to see him again! So, [...]
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an evening with Angela

On July 30, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
It was rough finding a place to post this blog today. The wifi at my hotel is intermittent, and Florence is one crowded city in summertime! The narrow walkways are carpeted with people. Even Santo Spirito is packed today, so I walked over to nearby Piazza del Carmine, where I found that the [...]
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Arrival in Florence

On July 29, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
I left Perugia yesterday after saying a sad goodbye to Gina at Albergo Aurora, and arrived in Florence, where I’m briefly staying at Hotel Arianna. It’s a nice place run by a warm, friendly family with a huge black dog, but it has labyrinthine passages. I’m staying in the farthest possible [...]
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Dinner at Rossella’s

On July 28, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
I would have liked to call this “My Dinner with Andrea” because, like the movie My Dinner with André, it involves some spiritual thoughts. Here are some more thoughts on discovering the Divine, inspired by the Concert of Silence: My Zen teachers taught me to always have a big question in mind, something like “Who [...]
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Assisi and the Concert of Silence

On July 27, 2014 By Michael Vezzuto
I spent yet another evening in Assisi. I really should have stayed here instead of Perugia (which is nevertheless a great place to stay). Assisi has a noticeably peaceful vibe that I felt was doing me a lot of good. First, however, I must talk about my afternoon in Perugia. I wrote yesterday’s blog [...]
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