tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post1942514766758555195..comments2024-03-28T07:52:07.647-04:00Comments on venezia blog: Nocturne: The News and the OldSteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-50200917251889734702017-03-19T06:04:58.821-04:002017-03-19T06:04:58.821-04:00Thanks, Sue, but I have to be careful not to give ...Thanks, Sue, but I have to be careful not to give in too much to my darker impressions, as those I admire most here are committed to doing whatever they can on behalf of a future. And of course for my 9-year-old son it's all about the present and the future...Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-25352736039846907322017-03-19T06:02:12.564-04:002017-03-19T06:02:12.564-04:00Thanks for that information, Anonymous, I wonder i...Thanks for that information, Anonymous, I wonder it that's true in the case of even someplace like the Rialto Bridge. I should try to find out.Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-71944974114036426672017-03-19T06:00:51.138-04:002017-03-19T06:00:51.138-04:00Halloween, as you already probably know, is now he...Halloween, as you already probably know, is now here in a pretty big way, Judy. It's interesting to hear about, and pleasant to imagine, when that wasn't the case. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-74734231694142714802017-02-19T03:04:03.861-05:002017-02-19T03:04:03.861-05:00How beautifully your last paragraph conveys the so...How beautifully your last paragraph conveys the sorrow of being able to remember what this uniquely wonderful city used to be....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01317299485333233166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-88363929472978869442017-02-18T13:06:07.050-05:002017-02-18T13:06:07.050-05:00I was told by a friend who owns a small shop that ...I was told by a friend who owns a small shop that the merchants on their calle have to band together to pay for the lights/electricity if they want them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-544413771786403142017-02-18T09:21:55.176-05:002017-02-18T09:21:55.176-05:00Yes. The years I lived in Venice, I remember bein...Yes. The years I lived in Venice, I remember being quite happy that Hallowe'en hadn't infected Venetian life. I remember the first pumpkin carving kit arriving in a vegetable stall on Campo St. Margherita. A flood of witches, ghosts etc followed the next year. Judy Knoreply@blogger.com