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2008 il gatti d italia part 3 we saw a couple of cats in the charming tuscan town of vinci where leonardo da vinci was born and raised the first cat a tabby was sunning himself on a piazza he was obviously a well fed pet who was friendly to us but not to the point of letting himself be petted the second cat was pure black and sunning himself on a car in a front yard i didn t even attempt to disturb him this is one of my favourite pictures from our entire trip posted by debra she who seeks at 12 40 no comments labels cats italian interlude friday 24 october 2008 il gatti d italia part 2 this charming scruffball lives at the coliseum in rome apparently many italian historical sites are full of feral cats who keep down the rodent population on behalf of the tourism department these feline civil servants manage on their own for survival but if times get lean they are fed by special volunteers called gattare cat ladies the cat we saw at the coliseum was obviously used to being a celebrity he would not let anyone touch him but he posed quite deliberately for photos by his adoring public in the gift shop you can buy little brass figurines of the coliseum cats in various poses that s how famous they are posted by debra she who seeks at 12 34 no comments labels cats italian interlude thursday 23 october 2008 il gatti d italia part 1 okay so enough with michelangelo renaissance art and goddess hi jinks at the vatican now i ll blog about what you really want to know namely what are cats like in italy there seem to be many feral or half feral cats so it was hard to get close to them even those which were clearly pets were stand offish none would let me pet them i called kitty kitty kitty but no response then it struck me that of course these cats don t speak english so i called gatto gatto gatto still no response they did however snicker at my english accent posted by debra she who seeks at 12 14 no comments labels cats italian interlude wednesday 22 october 2008 birthday tribute i m thinking today of my old friend silver warrior woman who died this spring in a winnipeg nursing home today would have been her 92nd birthday she was such a wonderful woman we were friends for nearly 20 years a special treat that she and i enjoyed often was going to various public gardens around winnipeg the english formal gardens in assiniboine park the rock gardens at captain kennedy s tea house the rose gardens at kingsway park and in the winter the conservatory at assiniboine park silver warrior woman was always feisty and independent it was her idea that we should regularly attend a winnipeg women s drumming circle many years ago an activity that is still an important part of my life and spiritual practice now in edmonton i thank her for that gift we had many good laughs together and also shared a love of cats i know that she is now reunited at last with her beloved russian blue cat who was undoubtedly waiting for her at the rainbow bridge posted by debra she who seeks at 12 30 no comments labels cats down memory lane monday 20 october 2008 in which we honour magna mater i had brought with me from canada two tiny replicas of the great goddess of willendorf the oldest representation ever found of the divine feminine to honour the continuing presence of the great mother in this sacred site we each placed a replica behind two columns at the very centre of st peter s basilica near the statues of st helena and st veronica i placed my offering to the goddess with this thought in mind magna mater great mother i honour you and i remember you even here how long these offerings to the divine feminine remain in the heart of st peter s depends i suppose on the thoroughness of the vatican cleaning staff there is of course a good chance that the cleaning staff are women i would like to think that when they find the goddesses they will simply smile and put them back posted by debra she who seeks at 12 31 5 comments labels all things goddess italian interlude sunday 19 october 2008 in which we infiltrate the vatican i read that st peter s basilica in rome was built on what was once the site of the temple of magna mater the great mother in fact some of the stone from that pagan temple was used to build the huge church that was the first centre of triumphant christian religion and power at st peter s the divine feminine s place was appropriated both literally and symbolically by the patriarchal male god the simple fact that there is a christian church squatting over top of a goddess temple does not mean that the site cannot be used for its original purpose so following our guided tour of the sistine chapel and vatican museums my rare one and i slipped back into st peter s basilica by ourselves at the centre of this overwhelmingly opulent church is a sculptured bronze canopy surrounded by huge statues of saints under the floor beneath this canopy are the tombs of all the popes from st peter onwards my co conspirator and i decided that this was the perfect spot in which to honour the original tenant of this site the great goddess details of our ritual tomorrow posted by debra she who seeks at 12 53 4 comments labels all things goddess italian interlude saturday 18 october 2008 our michelangelo road tour i admit that i deliberately got my rare one hooked it started innocently enough when i slipped her a copy of the agony and the ecstacy irving stone s wonderful novel about the life of michelangelo after she finished with that though she needed a bigger fix the movie with charlton heston and rex harrison from then on she was hardcore man a full fledged michelangelo junkie just like me sob so our trip to italy became the michelangelo road tour in florence we saw his painting of the holy family in the uffizi gallery then his magnificent david in the accademia gallery along with the prisoners statues we visited michelangelo s tomb in santa croce church leaving tuscany we went on a special trip to rome just to see the sistine chapel ceiling the last judgment the pieta and the dome of st peter s but still it was not enough to satisfy our michelangelo cravings we took another day trip to carrara the tuscan mountain town where michelangelo obtained the pure white marble for his sculptures we toured a marble mine and saw the house michelangelo lived in while supervising the quarrying of his marble now we re back in canada in michelangelo rehab but it was worth it posted by debra she who seeks at 14 13 1 comment labels italian interlude michelangelo friday 17 october 2008 me n mike when i was a teenager i was absolutely nuts for renaissance art and history cough nerd cough i worshipped michelangelo the fact that i lived in a small one horse prairie town in the middle of nowhere did not deter me from my improbable fascination one day while browsing in a bookstore located in the small city next to our town i found a slender paperback of beautiful colour photos of michelangelo s paintings and sculptures yea verily i coveted that book mightily it took me weeks to save up the money in order to buy it every friday night when my family went into the city to get groceries at the mall i would anxiously check at the bookstore to see if the book was still there it was one of the happiest days in my life when i was finally able to buy it and take it home with me i still have it i always will in one corner of the inside front cover is the original price written in pencil 2 49 a dollar was worth a lot more 35 years ago it was harder to come by too posted by debra she who seeks at 15 22 2 comments labels down memory lane michelangelo thursday 16 october 2008 under the tuscan sun it has been a dream of mine ever since i was a teenager to visit florence italy it only took 35 years but the dream has finally come true my rare one and i rented a villa just outside florence with three other friends and we have just spent two wonderful weeks exploring tuscany it was harvest time when we were there i feel like i have also reached harvest time in my own life when finally i can reap some of the rewards that i spent so many years working to attain over the next little while i ll blog about a few of our experiences and adventures in tuscany posted by debra she who seeks at 19 35 no comments labels italian interlude newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me debra she who seeks view my complete profile ancient bee goddess honeybees in the hive follow this blog with bloglovin my other blog click image to go there beautiful woman of the day the golden hive bffs read all about it agents of h a r e aging alberta road trips aliens and fantasy all things goddess all things ukrainian april fools day art and artists ask me anything australia day autumn equinox mabon bees better homes and gardens beware of bears big beautiful world black history month blog awards blogging blogging buddies blogoversaries canada day cards and games cats cbc memories christmas yule cinco de mayo coronavirus 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