I returned to find absolutely glorious and sunny spring weather on the Amalfi Coast. The air is still cool in the shade, but when the sun shines all is right with the world and everyone knows la primavera is just around the corner. These are photos I snapped today while out ...
Sugar Snow on the Amalfi Coast
It's March already, and that means it's time to start looking for those sunny and warm early spring days to start coming. I hear my daffodils are blooming quite happily this year, which means they survived the move across the garden last year just fine. I hope there will still be a few bright yellow ...
Howdy from Nebraska!
From the rainy Amalfi Coast I landed late last week in snowy Nebraska. I did at first feel a bit "walled about with drifts of snow," and was reminded of Longfellow's poem about Amalfi. But the wintry white landscape is beautiful and certainly different from what we see on the Amalfi Coast. When ...
Amalfi, 18 February 1875
One hundred and thirty-five years ago today, the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807- 1882) wrote a poem reminiscing about the beauty of Amalfi. I’ve shared bits and pieces of the poem here on Ciao Amalfi, but today is the perfect day to share the entire poem. ...
