Italy is mine

Near a tree, I saw this short sentence: The memory of a smile stays forever. I still remember, as if it was yesterday, the reasons, the moments and the people (humans and animals) that made me smile, and I also remember very well the smiles I put on other people's faces, especially when these people are dear to me. Someone Very Special will smile again soon. Vera da Pozzo Italy 4th January, 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #a

An electric candle And simple words Here's my Prayer For the Ones I love On Earth and Above Vera da Pozzo 3rd January A. D. MMXXVI Somewhere in the North of Italy Poem above and picture below by me. Thanks to pareidolia, I see the head of a lion in the capital of the column behind the Holy Virgin Mary. I am glad to have preserved the gift of Imagination when I grew up: it is what art, poetry and literature are made of. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and

I wish to dedicate to a very special and important Friend the picture below, and the other photographs I took today and posted here. I took the picture above by accident, this morning, while following the flight of a Magpie I had just photographed (see below) but I got instead this Perfect Blue. I did not resize this picture because I wanted it in its whole size and its absolute blueness. Around midday, I was strolling near the river and I took many pictures. The fresh water

True friendship is one of the most valuable things in life and certainly one of the most important things to me, so I was glad to find these quotes from the Baci chocolates I picked on New Year's Day. The first quote: No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. ( Robert Southey ) The second quote: True friends are always free to separate, without separating ever. (Alfred Bougeard) Vera da Pozzo

The message from the Bacio chocolate I picked on New Year's Morning is a quote by the great writer, aviator and hero Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, one of my favourite authors. To me, the meaning of this quote is: do not adjust your life to what has no meaning to you, by sacrificing your dreams to a plain and insignificant existence; put your dreams at the centre of your life, instead, and make them (or at least most of them) true, because you live once and, at the end of the day

2025 is over. Welcome, 2026! Two good quotes for a Happy New Year. The first quote, by an anonymous author, is often written on mural street art in Italy: Per essere felici ci vuole coraggio. It takes courage to be happy. As I haven't found the source of this quote, I do not trust the vague, non sourced informations found on Internet, attributing this phrase either to Karen Blixen or to Martha Woodroof. Few days ago, I saw and took a picture of a decorative magnet with this s

[The first paragraphs of this article have been written on 3rd August 2025, but I did not have the time to finish it. I have decided to publish my article in its second version, updated but not completed, while I am looking forward for its whole, definitive version, next year. Vera da Pozzo, 31.12.2025] I have had the chance to attend seven concerts in two months; none of the gigs I planned and bought the tickets for was cancelled. By the way, I was and I will always be compl

The Year is getting old Too much old to stay more Than few hours left, but I do not care, because You have only spent A small part of It Just 9.176.400 Seconds And It was Over Still You have stayed Nevertheless, otherwise Always standing by my side As You will always, forevermore To the Unique and Irreplaceable One Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 31st December A. D. MMXXV Poem above and photographs below by me, as always.

Many things to write here and many things to draw (also for a collective exhibition in Paris which will start in one month) and a message to send to... So, for today, I will just share a bit of beauty I have found on YouTube . Enjoy Frog's gentle adventure ... In a world where mediocrity and copy-and-paste contents generated by an artificial non-intelligence get a lot of undeserved attention and applause from the masses, the patient, sensible and sensitive artwork of someone

The rain fell so hard on Christmas Day And it seemed that a second Flood Would have wiped the Town away But finally - and how unexpected! - Saint Stephen gave Us instead A Radiant, Bright and Smiling Sun In a Shiny, Happy Vivid Blue Sky Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 26th December 2025 About the meaning of the Italian expression "durare da Natale a Santo Stefano" , I suggest a good article on the website Italian Enthusiast. Poem above and photographs below by m

Christmas Time is the perfect time for some good news, and here is one from Morrissey : the new album, long-awaited and recently renewed before its release, is coming soon, and the new tracklist is known. After his post about Sire Records , last week (I was so busy I just had the time to copy, past and send to a French friend the link to Morrissey Central's post), we finally know the new tracklist of this album, whose title Without Music the World dies has changed, because t

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

Drawing made by me. Detail.

Oscar, dear Oscar, Why did not you stay in The Island of the Sun? The Sea would have cured Your Ear's infection And the Sun would have healed Your Heart's affection You were happy in Palermo And the Boy in the Cathedral Hoped You would come back But You chose Paris, where You should have fled to At the right Time Paris had You (C) Vera da Pozzo

Europe may be old, but her appeal to Morrissey is intact. See You next year, somewhere in Europe . Be young, be foolish, be happy. (C) Vera da Pozzo #TheOldLadyhasntlostherappeal #Europe #Morrissey #MorrisseyinEurope #tour #Morrissey2026 #music #news #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Among the Italian Saints, Cecilia is one of my favourite ones, et pour cause : music is in my life since the beginning, and even before my birth, thanks to the radio and my parent's and siblings' good taste. During the few days I spent in Rome, three months and a half ago, after Morrissey's concerts in Lucca, Rome and Catania, I had not the time to visit the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, but I visited it many years ago and quite hurrily - which is not in my habits,

We were born together We were child together In the worst historical time We grew up together We left Germany together We danced in Paris together Long legs, steels and paillettes Making Europe and the US Love Germany again We moved to Italy together We loved to live there together But we missed our Country And we came back together We grew old together We turned 89 together We could have lived longer But we were sad and tired of A World without Grace We were born in Summer A

Seven months Have already passed But You are back And even younger than Me How can it be possible? I am a Child again But it's just a Dream And all I can get Lays on my Pillow Deep in my Mind Before the Dawn To the Unique and Irreplaceable Vera da Pozzo Paris, 17th November 2025 I am in love with my favourite Parisian park and I have a special affection to this magnificent Gingko Biloba. I love also the Palm that is growing up in spite of the pollution and the sadness of not

Ten years have passed, and I cannot keep the count of all The moments of silence We have observed since then In vain ... Vera da Pozzo Paris, 13rd November 2025