Miscellany
Italy Musings
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Basic Comforts
Enjoyng simple comfort foods when I’m feeling a bit down can be difficult for me in Milan. I look for comfort food when I’m feeling stressed. Unable to get exactly what I need, but something somewhat close to what I can get so easily in the U.S., doesn’t always comfort me but frustrates me more instead. Although life’s getting easier for me, it’s not always easy living in Milan.Stay Quiet
When I first came to Italy, I wasn't sure why I came here. I just knew I needed to be here and to leave the U.S. I've known it for a long time. I was vague as to how long I would stay. Relatives and friends from the U.S. asked me after a coupl...Sounds of the night
It seems that wherever I live in the world, I gravitate towards a night schedule. Living in Europe, though, has the advantage of putting me in synch with the waking schedule of friends and business associates in the U.S. So for the first time in...Italian Reality
Living in Italy, amongst people speaking a language foreign to me and a cultural system which is peculiar as well, living here post Hurricane Katrina, after having my family and friends and community scattered, after having lost or given up all of...Milan so far
As for Milan, I've only been here since the end of October. I took one course in Italian in college a few years ago. While I was in Boston, I met with a tutor, a professor from Harvard who teaches Italian there three times a week for about...
Musing Categories
Below is a list of categories in which musings are tagged and thereby grouped. If you click on one, all of the musing entries related to the topic you choose will be displayed.
Italian Language
5 entries; 3 comments;As I'm learning my first non-mother-tongue language, Italian, I'm realizing various aspects of learning a language and about language in general. These musings include my observation through this process.
Italy
5 entries; no commentsThese musings are related to experiences in living in Italy. They mostly include my first encounters with the Italian culture.
MySQL Related
2 entries; no commentsSince I've been working for MySQL AB (now part of Sun) for a few years now, on a very rare occasion I write something about my experiences with MySQL the company and community.
New Orleans
5 entries; 29 comments;Since I'm from New Orleans and that is actually my permanent residence, and since I've lived through Hurricane Katrina, I've had a few thoughts on the subject of New Orleans and surviving the hurricane.
Personal
32 entries; 5 comments;Perhaps this category should just be called 'miscellaneous'. These musings relate to personal thoughts and experiences that aren't part of another more specific category.
Photography
1 entries; no commentsSince I started this site, my photography activities have grown. I've acquired better and more photography equipment and I've learned much more about the subject, the art form. These musings are about what I've learned and explain my developing style.
Writing
10 entries; no commentsThe primary focus of this site is related to my writing activities. These musings include reflections on writing. There are other pages on my site related to writing (e.g., my literary reviews).
Statistics on Musings
Below are the statistics of the number of readers for my musings in the past ninety days.
- Me as a Boy - 99
- MySQL takes the Red Pill - 80
- What happened to Burglars? - 61
- Being a Settler - 54
- I'm Not Creative - 50
- On Becoming a Graham Greene - 48
- Evaluating Non Dead Authors - 47
- Wanted: Passion - 44
- Imprinting - 43
- Living on the Ledge - 42
- Greene Beginnings - 41
- I don't like to share - 39
- My Night Light - 38
- My things - 37
- Writing a Playpen - 36
- Waiting for Godot - 36
- Writing about Myself. - 35
- I'm a jerk - 34
- Throwing temper tantrums - 34
- Fritzy Boy! - 33
- Why I want Hillary to Win - 33
- Italians speak Italian - 32
- Living without a plot - 32
- Conquer or Be Conquered - 32
- The community model - 31
- Milan so far - 31
- Next Novelist Step - 31
- Hurricane Katrina - 31
- Would it were night! - 31
- I was raised to be a Liar. - 30
- Inaudible Universal Language - 30
- A person of colour - 30
- I want to go home. - 30
- A Bob Newhart life - 30
- Another Father Lost - 29
- A Beanbag of Misery - 29
- Sounds of the night - 29
- Seeing a fellow's nuts - 29
- Think, think, think... - 29
- An apology for statue photos - 29
- Writing Fiction is Dreaming - 29
- A Novel Pace - 29
- Dealing in Words - 29
- Italian Reality - 28
- Stay Quiet - 28
- Godfather Found - 28
- Italians don't count - 28
- A Panic of Unhappiness - 28
- A Lizard in the story - 28
- Nothing in Common - 28
- A Relationship shouldn't be a Performance Art - 28
- Rythm of Community - 27
- Living well - 27
- As lonely as lighthouses - 27
- Plot Deviations - 27
- When will it end? - 27
- Losing Another Community - 27
- Just me - 25
- Sense of Now and the World - 25
- Alone at last - 23
