Through the fog (Weekend Street/Reflections # 284)

 Venice, Italy

Thanks so much for all of your thoughts and prayers. It has been a strange and overwhelming few weeks. Back in May, we thought everything was fine. Just a few weeks later, we were told my wife needed a difficult, life-saving surgery to remove a large tumor in her cervical spine, a procedure that carried a risk of quadriplegia. We also learned she had nodules in one of her lungs.

A few days later, she had the spine surgery and spent a critical night in the ICU. The next morning, we didn't know if she would even be able to walk. Incredibly, less than 24 hours after surgery, she was walking laps around the Brain and Spine Acute Care Unit and was able to come home the following day. While she has lost feeling on her left side, the surgeon says the operation couldn't have gone better, and she may regain sensation over time. 

After an anxious week-long wait, the pathology results came back, and thankfully, the tumor was rare but benign! Now, she is scheduled for more scans and a lung biopsy in a few weeks. We are praying these go just as well as her spine recovery.

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The Hour of Rain (Weekend Street/Reflections # 282)

 Venice, Italy

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Walls closing in (Weekend Street/Reflections # 281)

 

Venice, Italy

I've pre-scheduled a few posts because I'm not sure if I'll feel up to blogging over the next little while. Yesterday, my wife and I received some very unexpected news from a specialist. In short, she needs to undergo what the doctor described as one of the most difficult and dangerous operations on several levels of her cervical spine to remove a tumor of unknown type. The best-case scenario is a painful six-week recovery. The worst-case scenarios are unthinkable. I'm not usually a very emotional person, but the sudden shock of this news has really hit me. I tend to overanalyze everything and imagine multiple possible outcomes, which has been quite overwhelming.

Prayers are welcome.

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Subtle reflections and a familiar face (Weekend Street/Reflections # 250)

 Florence, Italy

“Curious is a good thing to be; it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.” - Iggy Pop

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Il passaggio senza fine (Weekend Street/Reflections # 246)

 

Venice, Italy

The cat stretches, the man disappears, and the photograph remains — a quiet witness to the endless, ordinary acts of daily life.

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Nostalghia (Weekend Street/Reflections # 229)

 Florence, Italy

Rain drizzled over Piazza della Signoria as the old man leaned against the wall of his shopfront, cigarette wavering in his weathered hand. Clouded with nostalgia, his eyes traced the statues—memories of youth flickering: a carnival dance, a lost love’s whisper under the Loggia. 

The smoke curled upward, a fragile thread to the past, dissolving into the mist. Time folded inward; the piazza faded, and he stood alone, suspended between what was and what remained unspoken.

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Whispers of the Eternal Alley (Weekend Street/Reflections # 228)

 

Florence, Italy

At an intersection of cobblestoned Italian alleys, where stones hummed with lost carnivals, solitary figures sat on a weathered bench. One was completely unaware of the other, while the other was very aware. The man, cloaked in a heavy coat and a fedora, spoke animatedly into an invisible phone, his voice a melody of nostalgia and happiness. Across from him sat an apparition gazing into the distance, draped in flowing white garments that billowed as if caught in an unseen wind, its face a map of time with rivers of silver tears carving through it. It was always nearby, whispering, beckoning the man to a fatal rendezvous. 

Suddenly, a strange sound echoed through the alley, followed by a motorbike, its rider a clown playing an accordion. The bizarre spectacle stirred the man’s laughter and drowned out the apparition's whispers. Instead of turning the corner and meeting his fate, he followed the clown to the circus, thus temporarily escaping the inevitable. Unaffected, the mysterious ghostly figure drifted away, knowing that time was on its side. 

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Card sharks?(Weekend Street/Reflections # 221)

Rome, Italy
 I wondered if the empty seat was reserved for me.😇

“Listen, here's the thing - if you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.” - from the 1998 film Rounders

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Aspettando che smetta di piovere (Weekend/Street Reflections # 220)

 

Florence, Italy

Unlike me, this man and his dog were smart enough to stay out of the rain. Like the title says, "Waiting for the rain to stop." Which I suppose can be taken literally or metaphorically.

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Best Friends (Weekend Street/Reflections # 202)

 

Florence, Italy

A big friendship in a tiny electric car.

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One night in Bologna (Weekend/Street Reflections # 196)

 

Bologna, Italy                 Piazza San Domenico

A man and a car under the branches of a large tree remind us how small humans are.

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Spiderwoman? (Weekend Street/Reflections # 192)

 

Verona, Italy

One night several years ago I was walking in Verona when I noticed this woman who seemed to be climbing. After staring at each other for an almost uncomfortable amount of time I snapped this picture and continued walking.

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La Nonna Pisana (Weekend Street/Reflections # 179)

 

Pisa, Italy                   Ponte di Mezzo

She was fixated on something in the distance, I don't think she noticed me taking her picture. I couldn't figure out what she was looking at.

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The Chapel of St. Sebastian (Weekend Street/Reflections # 177)

Vatican City
 

This chapel inside St. Peter's Basilica contains the altar of St. Sebastian, an early Christian martyr from the Late Roman Empire.

Under the altar are the remains of Pope St John Paul II. 

Another week another earworm "We got to pray Just to make it today" - MC Hammer.😃

                                        

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Ritratto di un panettiere ( Weekend Street/Reflections # 173)

 

Rome, Italy

I used to be addicted to sugar and all types of baked goods until last year when I decided to eat a healthier diet. It was easier than I thought. However, all of my restrictions go out the window when I travel.😎

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The Spies Who Stayed Out in the Cold (Weekend Street/Reflections # 171)

 Venice, Italy

They reminded me of Richard Burton and Oskar Werner in the 1965 film, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. 

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Mysterious Venice (Weekend Street/Reflections # 150)

 

Venice, Italy

Venice has an air of mystery when the sun sets and the fog rolls in. 

I'll be away until the end of the month but I've pre-scheduled the Street/Reflections posts. Have fun!

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Pigeons (Weekend Street/Street Reflections # 143)

 Venice, Italy

Old people feed them, kids chase them and I try to avoid them. 😏

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Another night in Venice (Weekend Street/Reflections # 135)

 Venice, Italy

The mysteries of Venice continue. 😎

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Venice at night (Weekend Street/Reflections # 134)

 Venice, Italy

There are so many interesting and mysterious places to explore in Venice, especially at night.

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