Cold Mountain
09 February 2012 — Updates
The fountain in the front yard is rusted out/ All my love was down in the frozen ground - Bon Iver
Before we state the bleedin' obvious, let us recall why houses like San Rocco were built as they were: to house wealthy Renaissance types during the summer months, where the light mountain breezes could offer balmy respite from the crucible-like heat of the madding city below.
Summer. Ah, there's the c…
Baby, It's Cold Outside...
22 December 2011 — Updates
"The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband" - Joan Rivers
It's been a busy year at 'The Roc' - and it's about to get busier. What better way to wind down December, then, than with a little healing Yoga and the Christmas bazaar?
In fact, the 'Yoga' in this instance was based on a form of Tibetan tantra, taught to a group of instructors and practit…
The Next Chapter
11 October 2011 — Updates
"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance" - Benjamin Franklin
'Summer's almost gone/ The winter's tuning up...'
Name that tune - first correct answer wins a night at San Rocco with live serenade by the fire (family and friends excluded; besides, thought you'd have had enough??)
Yeah, the summer's gone, but a lot goes on forever. Laying floors for one; mosquitoes, it…
Camera, lights, action
30 May 2011 — Updates
"The most important part of my religion is to play guitar" - Lou Reed
It's been a while since the last blog. So much has happened, and continues to happen up here, that I'm not going to attempt to fill in the gaps. Have a look at the photos on this revamped site (thank you, Caterina) and see what could inspire you. Make a film? Draw a neo-classical masterpiece? Build your own rare-wood, handmade g…
Draw Near, With Faith
11 November 2010 — Updates
There may be little sign of olde thatched cottages in Bagni di Lucca, but in all other respects Keats’ poem could well have been written for the Lima Valley. In fact, it is most likely he passed this way, along with the likes of the Shelleys and stomping Lord George, before going on to his tragic and final destination in Rome.
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