Italy is mine

Detail and whole drawing made by me using a black Bic pen yesterday, and coloured also by me today, on the sad 11th anniversary of Paris Bloody Friday. Two days after the massacre, on Monday, I came back to school (I worked in another lycée, outside the Région parisienne) some students asked me: "Madame, vous avez peur ?" and I just responded: "Non. Je suis très triste et en colère". These are the same sentiments expressed by Morrissey in Bonfire of Teenagers, the unreleased

Above: Far Parisian Banlieue, waiting for my train to take me back to Dear Old Paris. Photograph taken by me yesterday. Yesterday I had a very hard day in Alcatraz, too much boring digital work to do late in the morning and in the afternoon, and in the evening I was so exhausted that I left many articles sleeping in the drafts: one about my Sunday lunch with a Lovely Sparrow, another one on cuddling a Dog Afraid, and another about a fantastic trompe-l'œil... and an unfinished

A little drawing made by me today, inspired by Morrissey's photograph in El Paso. Vera da Pozzo Paris, 8th November 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #FantasticBlackbirdinTexas #FantasticBird #Blackbird #Morrissey #Texas #ElPaso #US2026Tour #music #photography #drawing #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

A photograph and (below the screenshot) all the videos published by Alfred Rossy on YouTube. I hope more videos will appear this weekend. Picture taken by someone called Fabian and shared on Morrissey Central. Alma Matters. How Soon is Now? The More You ignore Me, the Closer I get. There are is a Light that never goes out. Irish Blood, English Heart. Everyday is like Sunday. Life is a Pigsty (and an incomplete video too, but "è sempre meglio di niente", so I will not complain

1971. I still am in God's mind ("essere nella mente di Dio", as we say in Sicily, means "to not be born yet") and there I will stay for the most part of the Seventies; my Siblings are little kids and my Parents have not bought yet the Grundig black-and-white TV (I had a Proust's madeleine moment in Munich, last year, when I noticed Grundig's advertising panels at the station), so they watch the sceneggiati at our Aunt's and Uncle's home with our Cousins, who are teenagers, wh

Sing and Shine tonight in El Paso, Fantastic Bird! Your Light never goes out. Be happy! :) To YOU Vera da Pozzo Photographs below taken by me today: a lovely Ladybird (Willpower) climbing very fast my dear Sophora Japonica. This lovely, tiny Creature wishes Morrissey a successful show tonight. :) Maybe the seven-spotted Ladybird thought I was a giant spotless Ladybird... Who knows? :) Below: a little drawing made by me for tonight's Morrissey's show in El Paso: Begonias, gre

In 1605 Europe, men had stylish moustache, wore ridiculous hats and made war instead of love; except for the ridiculous hats, nothing has really changed since then. In England, seven men tried to stop the persecution of Catholics by King James I, but they failed and they were brutally executed. The most famous among them is Guy Fawkes, and today I drew this homage in my diary. Below: details and the whole drawing made by me without any preparatory sketch. The portrait of Guy

My brain woke me up too early for Paris, but exactly on time for Morrissey's concert in Houston - oh, if only I was there! I waited for a little while before turning my phone on and I am still in bed, because it is still too early for getting up and going to Alcatraz. I am not on WhatsApp and I do not want to install Tchap neither: how can the Ministery say that this app is safe, if our digital workplace (the espace numérique de travail) and even our professional mailbox have

Fantastic Bird, Sing and Shine in Houston! Art is an Eternal Spring. True to YOU, Vera da Pozzo Paris, 1st November 2026 (a cold, but lovely, sunny day) My beloved Sophora Japonica and a tiny little friend, in my favourite Parisian park. Message and photographs above by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #SpreadyourWingsinHoustonBluebirdofHappiness #message #SpreadyourWings #BluebirdofHappiness #FantasticBird #SingandShine #Morri

Yesterday I found on YouTube the new fan made video by Morrissey Unofficial Videos and few minutes later it was on Morrissey Central. Today, while travelling from Somewhere in the North of Italy to Milan, I checked the gallery in my smartphone and I found the photo of the Halloween-themed drawing I made on my previous diary, one year ago; it is a little divertissement with Morrissey as Dracula and quotes from two of his songs: a bit of the refrain from the classic Jack the R

Well done, Morrissey! Sing and shine tonight! Vera da Pozzo 29.10.26 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #ZoomZoomtheRisingBoy #ZoomZoom #ZoomZoomtheLittleBoy #KerchingKerching #music #singles #vinylsingleschart #Morrissey #MorrisseyCentral #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Embrace your Light and have fun tonight in Fort Worth, Fantastic Bird! Sing and Shine as only you can. :) True to YOU, Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 29th October 2026 Message and photograph below by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #EmbraceYourLight #SingandShine #yourLightnevergoesout #FantasticBird #Morrissey #concert #music #FortWorth #US2026Tour #songsthatsavedyourlife #TruetoYou #message #photography #Verad

My cousin and Godfather, who was already a young adult when I was born, had plenty of vinyls at home: lots of Italian music (even progressive rock bands, like the PFM or, in extenso, Premiata Forneria Marconi) and many English, American and German music, including Velvet Underground. At my Aunts and Uncle's home, I absorbed a lot of music since my infancy, and Lou Reed is part of my musical landscape since then. At my parents's home, the turntable we had was broken and I do n

Since its release, ten days ago, I have said how much I like the newest Morrissey's B-side Isle of Dogs, and how I find pertinent to linked it to Kerching Kerching as the A-side. Above: an old lady living in the Isle of Dogs. Photograph by Sarah Peters, The changing face of the Isle of Dogs, 2024. Click the link above and go to the photographic project on her website. Below, the sleeve of Morrissey's 7" single Kerching Kerching / Isle of Dogs. Photograph by Jake Walters. [To

25th July 2026, Barcelona, Poble Espanyol, a sleepless night, a long day and still plenty of energies, waiting for another great show. I jumped the barrier during the encore, even if I was aware it would have been in vain (the stage was too high just even to try to brush Morrissey's fingertips) because I wanted to prove to myself that I was not afraid, after the horrible experience in Asti. Unfortunately, a Spanish local security guy helped me to jump the barrier just to try

Friday. As the rain fell hard just in the late afternoon, I could enjoy a fresh morning with the sun playing pick-a-boo from behind the clouds, while having a pleasant walk and taking few photos of flowers and places. This playground (see photo below) makes me think of the music video of Playground Twist (1979) by Siouxsie and the Banshees: four decades later, I was reminded of it by Morrissey's pre-show at Vicar Street in 2023. Astoundingly, even if I had seen it only once,

My Soul, let's go and enjoy This lovely Sunny Day For the Pouring Rain Will fall again tomorrow And even if I love the Rain And her Dancing Drops I come from the Sun's Home And I Iove his Warm Light more. Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy, 22nd October 2026, 1:30 P. M. A beautiful classic song in my head... Blue Skies shining at me: Nothing but Blue Skies do I see. Bluebirds singing their Song: Nothing but Bluebirds all day long. This morning I had a long walk and

Finally, on Morrissey Central today, many beautiful photographs of Morrissey's show in Greensboro. Andy Augustyn, whoever you are, thanks a lot for these postcards from Greensboro, North Carolina. Below, screenshot of the post's first part. Link to the post just above. I was quite disappointed to not find videos from this gig: most of them are on FB, while there are just few and incomplete footages (shorts instead of videos) on YouTube. The post from Morrissey Central arrives

I am tired of the Human Rage And I need to turn the Page The Train is running so fast That Cows and Calves are just White Spots on a Green Landscape And I know They cannot escape I see Them, so Peaceful and Quiet While in Paris it's Chaos and Riot People want to rest in Peace After having lived through Wars While They want to live in Peace And to die when Nature calls I look from the Train at these Charolaises And I wonder Who cares about Them I certainly do, and I dream of a

This article, as the birthday poem I have just published, has been sleeping in the drafts since yesterday morning. It is a real blessing to watch ad libitum this beautiful video of Morrissey in Lowell, singing Home is a Question Mark, posted by Ryan Lowry on YouTube: it was a very nice surprise to find it last week, when I was still in Paris and four-letter-wording in Alcatraz. Many thanks to Ryan Lowry, Winnie Wong, Avery Munson Clark, Timothy O'Connell and Jinho Myung who