Margutte’s pictures of the Art & Craft Fair, 13 – 17 August 2015.
Platonic Diversions
Greetings from Mondovì – Mongolfiere 2015
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Frosted meadows and a blank, overcast sky today–the actual first day of 2015, with Italy finally back to school and work after January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. This late return to the daily grind may…
From Wakefield With Love
From London With Love
Greetings from Mondovì: late hay, and cherries
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Around Mondovì farmers took the first hay late this year, in the last week of May. I have been wondering why, have talked it over with J., who knows a great deal about most plants but not…
Greetings from Mondovì: Snow arrived mid-morning
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Snow arrived mid-morning, shortly after the last magpie deserted the tall maples, leaving bare branches to catch whatever they might of the fine, wind-driven whiteness. I’d been waiting since early, fretting over whether the air would be cold…
Greetings from Mondovì
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE A year is ended, a year begins On the second-to-last day of the year we took a drive to Rocca Ciglie, a little dot on the map we’d never visited before. With its castello, medieval tower, and…