Palermo geologist Pietro Todaro, author of the book "Il Sottosuolo di Palermo" (Palermo Underground) took time out from his busy schedule to show me a qanat and sirocco room in the zone of Baida in Palermo, Villa Savagnone 13 october 2012. The property was once the fiefdom of a mafioso boss who was killed by a Read More
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Danissini, one of the poorest sections of Palermo
October 23, 2012
Danisinni is the source of the Papireto, one of Palermo's rivers, now long buried and serving as a sewer.
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Palermo 2012
October 21, 2012
I have three intense months in Palermo, a gift of time to begin to know the city well. The place is addictive; the more I get, the more I want. Very rich and deep.
Mark Twain said:
October 16, 2012
"The blunting effects of slavery upon a slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded, the world over, and a privileged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name."
San Biagio Platani: The Easter Arches
June 11, 2012
An incredible transformation using the fruits of the earth.
Brattleboro: Morris Dancers practice
June 9, 2012
I just bought a Flip videocam and carry it with me everywhere. Here is a bit of everyday life in Brattleboro, a great town where the sixties never died.
Bread is Love with Sabrina Circo: S. Biagio Platani (AG)
May 26, 2012
Bread is Love, a 5-minute movie about a bread-baking friend of mine in San Biagio Platani ( AG) Sicily. They were very busy because they were preparing for the March 19, 2010 Feast of St. Joseph, one of the first feasts of the agricultural year.