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... and it owes me a living

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Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.

From the Island of the Sun to the Isle of France.

My pseudonym Vera da Pozzo is a pun alluding to what I care about most : truth and loyalty, depth and insight. In my mother tongue, the syntagma "vera da pozzo" means a puteal, but it could be a female name followed by a family name. Water is indispensable for living, and we need to keep it pure and unpolluted; it is the same for truth.
I write in English because I love this language since my childhood and also because English allows me to have a more detached view on both Italy and France. The title of my personal website and blog is a paraphrasis of the verse "England is mine and it owes me a living", from Morrissey's song "Still Ill", released in The Smiths debut album "The Smiths" on 20th February 1984. As Italy had nothing to offer to young people like me, I decided to throw my arms around Paris, as Oscar Wilde did, and I am still here. Like francophone actor Lino Ventura, I am and I will always be Italian.

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Mar 51 min read

Lil' Lovely Lille in awe of Morrissey

Another fantastic concert yesterday night, and so happy it was during school holidays, otherwise I could have not attended it. Screenshot from my own video of the concert, from the first row, during I just want to see the Boy Happy. These beautiful yellow shirt and flowers do speak books to me. It is always a pleasure to hear and see Morrissey from the first row, fully enjoying his lovely singing and talking voice, his energy on the stage, his passion when he sings and all th

 
 
 
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Mar 31 min read

Blue skies in Lille

Blue skies smilin' at me Nothing but Blue skies do I see Bluebirds singin their song Nothing but Blue skien from now on ... Below, pictures taken by me today. Vera da Pozzo Lille, 2nd March 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #BlueSkiesinLille #photo #blueskies #Lille #France #Zenith #Morrissey #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

 
 
 
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Jan 6, 20251 min read

Epiphany and Anniversary

On this Day I left my Home, City and Country For the Unknown And - somehow - there is still A part of Unknown In the Life I have made And...

 
 
 
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Mar 9, 20244 min read

Salon de l'Agri-Torture

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is one of the places I avoid the most in Paris: when I came to Paris, I had to visit it three times with...

 
 
 
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Mar 9, 20243 min read

International Women's Day

Since 1977, the International Women's Day, promoted by the United Nations, is celebrated every year almost everywhere. In Italy, the...

 
 
 
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Feb 29, 20241 min read

Happy Birthday, Gioachino Rossini

I love my birthday date, but if I had to choose another day to be born, it certainly would be 29th February : I have always found...

 
 
 
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