The Road Not Taken: Easter in Cinque Terre

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Easter in Cinque Terre

1997 I was traveling with some college friends to some port towns off the coast of Italia. They were referred to as Cinque Terre and aptly so. It was a memorable occassion due to the grandiose sighting of the Haley-Bop comet while perched on some rocks by the sea, and an Easter celebration that involved the whole town. I didn't get a picture of the comet, but managed to record the events of the evening.

No comments:

Post a Comment

To Live By These Rules...

"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" -Robert Kennedy

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes." - Buddha

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson

As Jack Kerourac said, "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."

Alis volat propiis! ~She flies with her own wings!