I read; I travel; I become
—Derek Walcott
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Reading in Italy, A Pretty Book
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About Me
- Christie
- Creative writer - Traveler - Archaeologist manque - Ardent lover of the play of light, the journeyings of time, things ephemeral and ancient
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that's lovely.
ReplyDeletethe poem you found for it.
and the picture.
and the memory.