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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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Another Sleepless Night

Waiting for Morrissey at the Poble Espanyol: the awful, monotonous noise of a techno-disco party destroys every slight hope to sleep for fifteen minutes. "Hang the DJ! Hang the DJ! Hang the DJ!" Vera da Pozzo Barcelona, 25th July 1:53 A. M. Article and photo by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living

Lost - and Found?

How the Hell I forgot Your Gift in the cabin? Will it be found and An Earnest Person Will give it back to Me? Will You forgive Me for This Mess making me Sad? I know, I know, I know well: I should never care For Material Things But I terribly miss You And I feel Guilty and Sad For What happened On the Ferry today To the Unique and Irreplaceable One Vera da Pozzo Barcelona, 24th July 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #lostandfou

Another Journey

Too busy to write outside my head. Meanwhile, I am already in Barcelona. Vera da Pozzo 24th July 2026

Nasty in Asti

Only little, mean men need to feel important and powerful by abusing of their little power and their brainless muscles in order to harass and humiliate women. [To be continued...] Vera da Pozzo Asti, 22nd July 2026 #NastyinAsti #security #loser

Iced Tea in Asti, piazza Alfieri on Fire for Morrissey

La vie en rose... Screenshot from the video of the concert I recorded for my personal memories. It was a fantASTIc show, indeed, but the security was not human nor respectful. I will talk about it in another post. [To be continued...] Vera da Pozzo On a train approaching Genoa 23rd July 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #icedteainAstipiazzaAlfierionfire #Morrissey #Asti #piazzaAlfieri #Italy #Europe #2026SummerTour #music #Vera

Tomorrow night

See you tomorrow, Silver Boy! Vera da Pozzo Asti, 20th July 2026 Below: photo taken by me today in Asti, near the venue. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #tomorrownight #seeyoutomorrow #SilverBoy #Morrissey #Asti #piazzaVittorioAlfieri #Italy #Europe #2026SummerTour #concert #songs #newalbum #VeradaPozzo #italyismineanditowesmealiving

On your Birthday

It's the Nineteenth Birthday We can't celebrate And I greatly miss You Still You always stand by Me Like You did when I was Just a Rosebud in your Arms And even if I can't see You Nor hold your Hand anymore I know that You're Glad To see how I'm not Sad Today, so that I can gift You My Best and Happiest Smile Buon Compleanno to the most Beloved and the most Regretted Vera da Pozzo 20th July A. D. MMXXVI Poem above and photo below by me, taken in Asti, Piedmont, Italy. (C) Ver

Pure Joy on a Sunny Sunday on Lake Como

Enjoying a great concert, jumping the barrier and shaking hands with Morrissey. Vera da Pozzo Asti, 20th July 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #PureJoy #SunnySunday #LakeComo #LakeSound #Cernobbio #Morrissey #SummerTour2026 #concert #happiness #shakinghands #holdontoyourfriends #IrishBloodEnglishHeart #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

The Sun burns my Skin, but I am happy to see You again tonight

Sing and shine in Cernobbio, Silver Boy! Always True to You Vera da Pozzo, Front row at Villa Erba for Morrissey's concert tonight, 19th July A. D. MMXXVI Photo of my right hand at the barrier taken by me before the audio pre-show starts. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living

Tomorrow night in Cernobbio

See you in few hours, Fantastic Bird! Vera da Pozzo Cernobbio, Como, 18th July 2026 Photos below by me, of course. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #tomorrownight #tomorrow #Morrissey #Cernobbio #lakesoundpark #music #Europe #2026SummerTour #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

On the Railway again

Cernobbio, here I come! Vera da Pozzo Travelling from Somewhere in the North of Italy, 18th July 2026 Photos taken by me, during the first part of my journey to the Lake of Como. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #ontherailwayagain #railway #train #travel #journey #Cernobbio #Como #LakeofComo #Italy #Morrissey #SummerTour2026 #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

"We remain whatever we've been made..."

Morrissey in Milano. Detail of the photo shared on Morrissey Central tonight. A wound on Morrissey's left hand? See You very soon. Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 17-18 July 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #weremainwhateverwevebeenmade #Morrissey #Milano #Italy #2026Tour #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Your Smile

I made You smile Three years ago And I was so Glad To bring Happiness To the One who truly Makes Me Happy Many other Smiles came Last Year and this Year And many more Smiles Are on their way, my Friend Every Blessed Time I make a new Smile Bloom on your Face The same Smile Blooms on Mine Because We're One True to YOU Your Friend Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 16th July 2026 Above: poem by me, of course, written, as always, without Artificial Idiocy. Below: a sh

Take it slowly, Slovenia

Sing and Shine and be happy tonight in Ljubljana, Silver Boy! See You very soon... Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 15th July 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #TakeitslowlySlovenia #Slovenia #Ljubjana #Morrissey #Europe #SummerTour2026 #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

"Santuzza" Rosalia, the Happy Hermit

According to her legendary hagiography (to believe in her existence is an 1ct of Faith in itself) Rosalia Sinibaldi refused richness and a marriage with a noble, kind and attractive young man and embraced instead a life of meditation and poverty, surrounded by Mother Nature and her Loving Creatures. Being the youngest daughter of an introvert Father and a very shy Mother, and having a strong feeling towards Nature and Animals, I was deeply fascinated by the story of the "Sant

Souvenir from Spandau

George Rae, a Southern like me, but from England, attended Morrissey's concert in Berlin and - as me and two other people from Germany and Poland - spent the night before at the Zitadelle: it was nice to meet him in person because I like the videos he makes and shares on YouTube. Morrissey publicly thanked him during the concert: a nice gesture of gratitude that did not surprise me, for I know very well how Morrissey is genuinely grateful to the people who love his art. Thus,

The Queen of the Danube is not Dead

Sing and Shine and have fun in Budapest tonight, Fantastic Bird! See You in a week. Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 12th July 2026 Above: photo taken by me this morning. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #TheQueenoftheDanubeisnotDead #Budapest #Morrissey #Summer #Tour2026 #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

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

Lacus amœnus

Zurich See, yesterday. As I had not the time to visit the lake last March, when I saw Morrissey in Dübendorf, I stopped in Zurich during my travel from Berlin to Italy. How beautiful, peaceful and joyful! I spent more than six hours there, cruising and enjoying the Beauty of this wonderful place. Vera da Pozzo, 11th July 2026, on a train heading to Somewhere in the North of Italy. In just a a week I will see another lake I have never seen before: the Lake of Como. Article abo

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