PinnedFrancesca A. NadaliniTHE PERILS AND PLEASURES OF ADULTERYEven swans, we learn to our dismay, those lovely creatures we always assumed were paragons of fidelity, even they yearn for a fling from…2 min read·Jan 16, 2018----
Francesca A. NadaliniThe Fourth of July, 1946Today is the Fourth of July; the year is 2022 and I’m watching the celebration on TV. Seventy-six years ago, in Florence, Italy, when I was…6 min read·Jul 26, 2022----
Francesca A. NadaliniAN OCTOGENARIAN CONFRONTS THE OCEANWhen I was a child, we lived with the Mediterranean sea at our shoulders and not a day went by that we didn’t see it, or take a walk on the…7 min read·Oct 2, 2021----
Francesca A. NadaliniDAMN, IT’S POSITIVELY INCONVENIENT TO DIE WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT’S SO INTRIGUING.Sometimes I really resent the fact that I have to die. It’s true we all have to die eventually, but that doesn’t make it any better, right…2 min read·Sep 12, 2021--1--1
Francesca A. Nadalini9.11.11I watched on television the program showing the trees being prepared for transport to the 9/11 memorial park; “Each tree has its own little…1 min read·Sep 12, 2021----
Francesca A. NadaliniONE’S NOT ENOUGHIt seems we may live in a multiverse. It’s not bad enough we live in a universe that’s an enigma to most of us, now physicists in the know…3 min read·Sep 12, 2021----
Francesca A. NadaliniBIRDS OF A FEATHERA couple of evenings ago I was watching a program on TV about birds and their nesting behavior. I don’t recollect what kinds of birds they…2 min read·Oct 1, 2017----
Francesca A. NadaliniDYING…WHAT’S IT LIKE TO DIE?How the hell do I know? I haven’t died yet. An old lady, just 94 last week, made that comment to me a few days ago. I say she made a…2 min read·Oct 1, 2017----
Francesca A. NadaliniSOMETIMES I MISS GODI’m a little squeamish about letting this one hang out, but what the hell, at my age it’s no big deal to admit one’s weaknesses, we need…3 min read·Oct 1, 2017----
