Italy is mine

... 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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24 hours ago1 min read

46 Millions of Turkeys - Stop Thankskilling!

I have just found on Substack (where I do not publish any content, and I doubt I will do, one day) a call for drawings in support of Turkeys, the victims of Thanksgiving, one of the many "traditions" that deserve to be thrown in the large bin of the past shameful horrors perpetrated by so-called "Humans". I will postpone some artistic project in order to make a drawing and send it before leaving my Country for the rentrée scolaire. This news cheer me up this morning, after a

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Sep 71 min read

This beautiful Creature must live

In the métro, a new animalist campaign against fox hunting. The first quarter of the 21st century is already behind us, and there are people (I could never define them as humans) who still enjoy murdering innocent creatures and evil, selfish politicians who still defend hunters and grant them many priviliges. Vera da Pozzo 6th-7th September 2026 Short article above and photo below by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes me a Living #thisbeauti

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Italy is mine

Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.

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46 Millions of Turkeys - Stop Thankskilling!

This beautiful Creature must live

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