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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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20 hours ago1 min read

I'll soon return to Paris

Summer has not finished yet, but holidays are almost over and I'll soon return to Paris... I love every season, but Summer has always meant the season of freedom... [To be continued...] Vera da Pozzo 29th August 2026 Short post - in fieri - by me. Photo below (Notre-Dame de Paris) taken by me almost nine months ago. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #IllsoonreturntoParis #Summer #holidays #SummerHolidays #freedom #Italy #Paris #Notr

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Jul 111 min read

Back in Italy

Photos taken by me: the first one during my travel by train in the North of Italy and the second one at my arrival in my Country, when I found a quiet and fresh place away from the crowd, the noise and the heatn where I spent some time in meditation and prayer, while waiting for my InterCity. Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 11th July 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #BackinItaly #Italy #holidays #photography #San

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Feb 221 min read

On the road again

Thank God, I am on school holidays and on the road again. Above: Paris, Gare du Nerd - I mean, Gare du Nord. Below: it seems that the only vegan porridge I am allowed to enjoy is this one, made and served by a Spanish or Spanish-speaking guy in Paris, at the Europe's busiest railway station . As it was not painful enough to leave my Motherland in order to find my place in the World, the Italian government treats very badly its expats and the platform for getting an appointmen

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Dec 24, 20251 min read

Vigilia di Natale / Christmas Eve

You brought the Sun last Year, but Without You the Sky is sad now, and Grey Clouds pour Tears from Heaven The Sun shines elsewhere this Year Where We both come from, but You Will never come back there nor here Still I feel Your presence and I know You want Us all to be Happy on this Christmas Eve Thus, here is my Special Gift for You: Wrapped in Shiny Smiles and Songs There is my Joy To the Unique and Irreplaceable One Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 24th Decemb

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Dec 25, 20241 min read

Joy to this Knockabout World

Somewhere Somehow I am Here And Now Vera da Pozzo, Italy (not at home), 25th December 2024 Pictures taken by me, somewhere in Italy,...

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Jul 14, 20241 min read

Rhino of Rock

Looking at the Horizon I see your Profile So Dear to Me, Rhino of Rock: Emerging from the Sea, Surrounded by a Halo Like a Dream at Dawn,...

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Italy is mine

Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.

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I'll soon return to Paris

Back in Italy

On the road again

Vigilia di Natale / Christmas Eve

Joy to this Knockabout World

Rhino of Rock

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