tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515894737095056482024-03-19T04:47:28.755-04:00venezia blogwords and pics about living and raising a child in VeniceSteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1490125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-85112687561461243812024-03-16T17:23:00.004-04:002024-03-16T17:23:37.970-04:00Church of San Nicolò, Evening<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK64bkcHjF9tRpQ8cPeZmG7mfas9mFeyROI_-pXTmhHeHdOXGPM7UUhjrwJ1dD7nX985_4fb0vAnBKpLQWipKu52PQ03T14Ljf6bMYMnSIRKTHxC2dN8g2eUslTs5S-Mb4tQH5JN-ScwiHOasauogUyHufhn0Cz-yDqLir_lmMwwdV2NVSnu-7LgHUPDg/s1200/DSCF6539-Edit-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1200" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK64bkcHjF9tRpQ8cPeZmG7mfas9mFeyROI_-pXTmhHeHdOXGPM7UUhjrwJ1dD7nX985_4fb0vAnBKpLQWipKu52PQ03T14Ljf6bMYMnSIRKTHxC2dN8g2eUslTs5S-Mb4tQH5JN-ScwiHOasauogUyHufhn0Cz-yDqLir_lmMwwdV2NVSnu-7LgHUPDg/w640-h434/DSCF6539-Edit-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">20 February 2016<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-77976319794909389902024-03-10T19:24:00.002-04:002024-03-10T19:24:29.206-04:00Photo Ops on the Rialto<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjFucoEo_MlTjz5PkXU0VarlF-HinfxfKXdi18vhgx57zy2L6cEfltO8cPi3_V533fL_9gAy0keBNyT2Uzpfn-IRSC1W_rSxsJJuIqF9KSspJ4JE6zeSdgnxofG05N4MCIXRyBBVluo_iSHhXdbty0332DQtsHl75XvusptG-Gz3thLkFjRqOzR_QG8o/s1200/DSCF1501-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjFucoEo_MlTjz5PkXU0VarlF-HinfxfKXdi18vhgx57zy2L6cEfltO8cPi3_V533fL_9gAy0keBNyT2Uzpfn-IRSC1W_rSxsJJuIqF9KSspJ4JE6zeSdgnxofG05N4MCIXRyBBVluo_iSHhXdbty0332DQtsHl75XvusptG-Gz3thLkFjRqOzR_QG8o/w640-h426/DSCF1501-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">19 February 2020<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-29877788187254549722024-03-05T18:47:00.002-05:002024-03-05T18:47:23.403-05:00Racing Alongside Rio San Barnaba<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBafWIlbg3ro0ShFC-y2kIyr2fYY4Z9KFWvPMP2MuNAvaQtYwAPP85Rhxh-f_TeaDITJzTusk5zWMT-BS1vBOlMlAZgvlDSus_npVQxkzCZ99iixfVGsBqoVU51bFVSlml4xaBQEWiUGzcM0gg6qPo30uRMAbd_ehp5LtU873ZtedWXtmx8GxMCUkuGE/s1200/5March%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBafWIlbg3ro0ShFC-y2kIyr2fYY4Z9KFWvPMP2MuNAvaQtYwAPP85Rhxh-f_TeaDITJzTusk5zWMT-BS1vBOlMlAZgvlDSus_npVQxkzCZ99iixfVGsBqoVU51bFVSlml4xaBQEWiUGzcM0gg6qPo30uRMAbd_ehp5LtU873ZtedWXtmx8GxMCUkuGE/w640-h426/5March%202024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 March 2021<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-8111430220481357902024-03-03T13:52:00.000-05:002024-03-03T13:52:01.998-05:00Sunday Afternoon in the Museo Fortuny<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_n2U2CAEaaul-oL4EsS4aSA4by7Bm7T_MdmaojkkRqdTy5qoo_oNzVdI2PMmNWzYmZzGqvOwa90anZ8E9O6kORDauT4nihyphenhyphenx-0VbJT6lkci_7QLhEalbwUcSGUAjDsHmllngaVQgDHaMzpzGfI4R2WEhXTrpMim7w0wCKK2Lb7eRYqqk1o-zLlFMtZc/s1200/DSCF1528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_n2U2CAEaaul-oL4EsS4aSA4by7Bm7T_MdmaojkkRqdTy5qoo_oNzVdI2PMmNWzYmZzGqvOwa90anZ8E9O6kORDauT4nihyphenhyphenx-0VbJT6lkci_7QLhEalbwUcSGUAjDsHmllngaVQgDHaMzpzGfI4R2WEhXTrpMim7w0wCKK2Lb7eRYqqk1o-zLlFMtZc/w640-h426/DSCF1528.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7 March 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-3313676323578913062024-02-28T20:15:00.000-05:002024-02-28T20:15:20.323-05:003 Scenes of A Short Sweet Life on the Grand Canal (Snow in Venice)<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZwtFIXsxsNiscqZ202hJyLKiV7SyiZrPcxrWToYlQHOk-4v4pZQmIsmKgD-p9-8eQWC_tJqyIoqMBcv9h5O2jANnSYzwjkL4H94XwGGN4XjLSZUsrXgqUJOMao-trfj0WHwXL3_gO59I1OassbRd2q0HIEiZHt9j4LGgt62V4guiYc0qRENaQ5Aq-KY/s1200/DSCF8354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZwtFIXsxsNiscqZ202hJyLKiV7SyiZrPcxrWToYlQHOk-4v4pZQmIsmKgD-p9-8eQWC_tJqyIoqMBcv9h5O2jANnSYzwjkL4H94XwGGN4XjLSZUsrXgqUJOMao-trfj0WHwXL3_gO59I1OassbRd2q0HIEiZHt9j4LGgt62V4guiYc0qRENaQ5Aq-KY/w640-h426/DSCF8354.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">28 February 2018: These are shots of what I believe was the last snowfall we had in Venice until the time we left in August of 2021. When we first moved to the city in 2010 we tended to get one snowfall with some accumulation each winter, but I think we had none for the last 3 years after this day pictured--and you can see the accumulation was minimal at that. (Gee, if only there were some hypothesis about why temperatures have risen and extreme weather events are becoming ever more common, then humankind would certainly do something about it.) In any case, the small snow man above perished not from warming temperatures but from a fall into the Grand Canal from his perch when the wind came up: ashes to ashes, dust to dust, water to water, in this case. But he seemed to enjoy the view for as long as he had it.<br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP88Tttn7brEDNwqqBJSI1LxSgz_9nFaSN0LXQPuge_jY7N0mwP1M9UPWrnm58Ow1RdlnOZwihzISYRr7YbPA7Wy1l9VwfqeINZu73SHkzPrM2FG5aKC_nUpDettWYARzut_75cCBqJwJraZpnP122b39pQC3zaDLzWFPOjM-TOb6166vmR4_nqVBcN5c/s1400/DSCF8255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1400" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP88Tttn7brEDNwqqBJSI1LxSgz_9nFaSN0LXQPuge_jY7N0mwP1M9UPWrnm58Ow1RdlnOZwihzISYRr7YbPA7Wy1l9VwfqeINZu73SHkzPrM2FG5aKC_nUpDettWYARzut_75cCBqJwJraZpnP122b39pQC3zaDLzWFPOjM-TOb6166vmR4_nqVBcN5c/w640-h220/DSCF8255.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05zJ095-PdfVVvi3rmORsVzkU6TEy67gOkhDHVx_PNfRhnpUTumrvzkaLcStQx8wZcblhi8wDtp6n1HbZNsoI26uCKvLke1f9kXM6V1nQfefestMsHK7cZx9rtcMUuz9119AUp29Y95C1y-4ESO03aakMW4LB09mhDtBzL5Xhn13BMz5_DmVjnG0CzXI/s1200/DSCF8358-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1200" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05zJ095-PdfVVvi3rmORsVzkU6TEy67gOkhDHVx_PNfRhnpUTumrvzkaLcStQx8wZcblhi8wDtp6n1HbZNsoI26uCKvLke1f9kXM6V1nQfefestMsHK7cZx9rtcMUuz9119AUp29Y95C1y-4ESO03aakMW4LB09mhDtBzL5Xhn13BMz5_DmVjnG0CzXI/w640-h422/DSCF8358-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-23191917180567383252024-02-24T17:37:00.002-05:002024-02-24T17:37:56.118-05:00Fortuna In the Pink Light of Morning<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVREWM1JqBOl85e1S1XH4NDWDKrpSMQyAgdJRne2g_cCBgbAUBd-iilhVUOyev3CqZyjHMdXg2Xihzp03KHn_Cbo0vGjpSWm7MgUYKWPJ3ZoHtJajE8DJ6DqYbqES6z8_BMtAwki_qNmEavdTMOPIKCyBlxmwdFpEApmHjoWK8YJxx7AGKVfoK5uZWjO8/s1200/DSCF1175.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1200" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVREWM1JqBOl85e1S1XH4NDWDKrpSMQyAgdJRne2g_cCBgbAUBd-iilhVUOyev3CqZyjHMdXg2Xihzp03KHn_Cbo0vGjpSWm7MgUYKWPJ3ZoHtJajE8DJ6DqYbqES6z8_BMtAwki_qNmEavdTMOPIKCyBlxmwdFpEApmHjoWK8YJxx7AGKVfoK5uZWjO8/w640-h410/DSCF1175.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24 February 2014 (I posted this 10 years ago when I took the photo, but in a version that was too dark)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-63810601771747891602024-02-21T10:50:00.001-05:002024-02-22T09:02:50.057-05:00Caffé Vergnano, Sunlight and Shadow<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7MQEEhroip88irOCCWNBa_MNm0cUtXkaRP9px0owX0866keazj-fJDKP3uETz3eO3tbLewc-GuIXkSNRaW9wzkb6CJ1_igPfd8wBQxYNF6g_k3kTDwq3hgQd2tqPFvcs3-a1QRz4JtQzCNtByXWx5ulxkI4EYdbX5LgbTqVP7XMmFGYPSNW9MScEO5Y/s1200/DSCF1685-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7MQEEhroip88irOCCWNBa_MNm0cUtXkaRP9px0owX0866keazj-fJDKP3uETz3eO3tbLewc-GuIXkSNRaW9wzkb6CJ1_igPfd8wBQxYNF6g_k3kTDwq3hgQd2tqPFvcs3-a1QRz4JtQzCNtByXWx5ulxkI4EYdbX5LgbTqVP7XMmFGYPSNW9MScEO5Y/w426-h640/DSCF1685-2.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">21 February 2020</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-56820038907684476622024-02-18T18:47:00.003-05:002024-02-18T18:47:54.752-05:00Winter Lights, Riva dei Sette Martiri<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fsRXMop47B5KMb3It7YW_D8Y0k-Fm0OSl4GPklWnWnl4jNk6WBne5y9nVUiWj7UEaaYCHJMnedo9I-zzGoO3UOFcHIYfHY6-SOHV6yAp6ZSKVkm8Z048OJ3Tb84043frP61oYm6sFEjF7lVMEE09P80rPAAQzSjX8iLH8yf4_UyNyoFWxzQAcNeQi_k/s1200/DSCF0817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fsRXMop47B5KMb3It7YW_D8Y0k-Fm0OSl4GPklWnWnl4jNk6WBne5y9nVUiWj7UEaaYCHJMnedo9I-zzGoO3UOFcHIYfHY6-SOHV6yAp6ZSKVkm8Z048OJ3Tb84043frP61oYm6sFEjF7lVMEE09P80rPAAQzSjX8iLH8yf4_UyNyoFWxzQAcNeQi_k/w640-h426/DSCF0817.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">28 January 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-33571089503945473282024-02-16T16:52:00.002-05:002024-02-16T22:06:48.193-05:00Winter Colors<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uRW6Z9rx9mSOom66buPhXvI4_RMMz0OChCq0xugJNsbsn953XmX8RODgpvB5RBMchmPZVapme1bZt1edrGM41O4lqKCgF7rOWueMNAJyW2gy_iRyyB0EFAgjDyY6kLLCYZIMP6PU0R6SqtlK3AX5WlDR5977jzcCqTU1wElhDiqdZ8oahYagDgX4C-0/s1200/2013_0212BZ-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uRW6Z9rx9mSOom66buPhXvI4_RMMz0OChCq0xugJNsbsn953XmX8RODgpvB5RBMchmPZVapme1bZt1edrGM41O4lqKCgF7rOWueMNAJyW2gy_iRyyB0EFAgjDyY6kLLCYZIMP6PU0R6SqtlK3AX5WlDR5977jzcCqTU1wElhDiqdZ8oahYagDgX4C-0/w640-h426/2013_0212BZ-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12 February 2013<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-77829878184652187822024-02-12T15:21:00.005-05:002024-02-12T15:24:17.149-05:00Through A (Plexi)Glass, Darkly<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sDCCzIppZ9YwSOl671AU8WuGC0p69sKkesTZfvLbW569OXYzDt2fE16H1EMkCsHbUBlY2TPf2f-t5EQGRUZzn7-6reMPPt8M6OjgsI1ZzqEvq6qk-v2ZeRshSgwojhkzjDwunrP-gF2F775xEKEJFWBP1x4qP_rgoQbCyvenpbK_vu_1wiJI463LHCY/s1200/DSCF1026.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sDCCzIppZ9YwSOl671AU8WuGC0p69sKkesTZfvLbW569OXYzDt2fE16H1EMkCsHbUBlY2TPf2f-t5EQGRUZzn7-6reMPPt8M6OjgsI1ZzqEvq6qk-v2ZeRshSgwojhkzjDwunrP-gF2F775xEKEJFWBP1x4qP_rgoQbCyvenpbK_vu_1wiJI463LHCY/w640-h426/DSCF1026.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12 February 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I'd forgotten entirely about the above image, taken from the twin <i>pontile</i> of the one you see in the right corner of the image, while I waited for the #1 line vaporetto to take me in the direction of the Lido. (You can see a bit of a reflection from the glass through which I took it on the center of the bridge and other places.)</p><p>I never seem to have the time to describe the sense of, for lack of a better word, <i>domesticity</i>,
that one eventually comes to feel after living in Venice for a long
time. Constructed as it has been over many centuries, with not an inch
that was not formed by human hands, everywhere one goes in the city
eventually begins to feel lived-in, like a home. But a home with an
infinite number of details to discover, tones and traces of innumerable
lives not one's own, and nothing like one's own, as well as those still
managing somehow to make their lives there, in spite of a mayor and a
broader social and economic context that can see Venice and its lagoon
only in terms of quick profits and resources to be exploited unto
literal collapse.</p><p>But this image brings that all back to me, and some time in the future I might get around to writing more about that, and how it extends even out into the lagoon, if one has one's own boat. </p><p>Contrary to the age-old banalities spewed by foreign visitors about Venice being a city of <i>melancholy and death, </i>to live in Venice, and to raise a child there, is to be struck by the unique kind of <i>life </i>possible in the city and the lagoon--life like no place else on earth. I wish more people, and more children, could experience it, before it is obliterated. Only if more people were actually resident there might it stand a chance to avoid obliteration. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-38815826475867604302024-02-06T17:34:00.000-05:002024-02-06T17:34:35.506-05:00Remembrance of Carnevale Past, Ca' Giustinian<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYj6MMXFI87ezTSiw3uHTxgTiKkeDqJ8iHpkkjI0Jun1H9zgFHmDz42riH3V9aLqVh0YnIWeyBLbFjscYDVaq1KwK-I5Cu73vH_ugbheWO0Es-Nn9p8Otz7uDzHsSvextZWzmnj_1-aIg22cESW0MSTYZTQgKZQqag72r2kchp7-ijBZqo0f8jrDcRjo/s1200/2013_0207AA-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYj6MMXFI87ezTSiw3uHTxgTiKkeDqJ8iHpkkjI0Jun1H9zgFHmDz42riH3V9aLqVh0YnIWeyBLbFjscYDVaq1KwK-I5Cu73vH_ugbheWO0Es-Nn9p8Otz7uDzHsSvextZWzmnj_1-aIg22cESW0MSTYZTQgKZQqag72r2kchp7-ijBZqo0f8jrDcRjo/w640-h426/2013_0207AA-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">Interior of Ca' Giustinian decorated for children's activities held there during the Carnevale season of 2013. Now the site of Venice Biennale administrative offices, it was formerly the Hotel Europa, whose guests included Marcel Proust, Verdi, Chateaubriand, Wagner, and George Eliot, whose new husband threw himself from one of its windows and into the Grand Canal during their honeymoon there. He survived this suicide attempt and would live for another 40 years but, sadly, Eliot did not fare so well; she died a few months later in England in December 1880. (7 February 2013) <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-67833328766315542482024-02-03T20:50:00.004-05:002024-02-03T20:50:52.073-05:00Cement Balustrade, Still Canal<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjeAIzWAfCYwzLEL7RVM7IKuQIhkgU1hc29a6tqxQ_J05tdXX3kSM1ckMqIs1Lws1fc61-TFI6RlJZVbIK0byGNR6PX1YFTSvh5SQoEJVKfoIFnjf5XWzpmLElO1YMY2fpkkdUcwf79AlGVUym-YwI93v9in3PhB-5IATXmEfq7fZehfL08DnBkXDWtE/s1200/DSCF7735.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjeAIzWAfCYwzLEL7RVM7IKuQIhkgU1hc29a6tqxQ_J05tdXX3kSM1ckMqIs1Lws1fc61-TFI6RlJZVbIK0byGNR6PX1YFTSvh5SQoEJVKfoIFnjf5XWzpmLElO1YMY2fpkkdUcwf79AlGVUym-YwI93v9in3PhB-5IATXmEfq7fZehfL08DnBkXDWtE/w426-h640/DSCF7735.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">30 January 2018<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-19144075539824651682024-01-30T16:44:00.006-05:002024-01-30T16:46:23.918-05:00Grounded: Bassa Marea (Extremely Low Tide)<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Dw6QLbvivGF9iZI3zUJuJ3rxNng38RqqY-VYQGWSoecwfuO-zmZyHaAUtHuYvOSk3MCyl2qzc1J_7rT3l0szPYdjOwxDcD-G8Xl7FnHOuBmuVLz0l8nSV4OB34l1FkJm8hnaYrJtieFvoYTf0U0sdhmTCWUQLUz2xBd1ymLTZRqUQuJ3hxIzZ9BX6w/s1200/DSCF7706.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Dw6QLbvivGF9iZI3zUJuJ3rxNng38RqqY-VYQGWSoecwfuO-zmZyHaAUtHuYvOSk3MCyl2qzc1J_7rT3l0szPYdjOwxDcD-G8Xl7FnHOuBmuVLz0l8nSV4OB34l1FkJm8hnaYrJtieFvoYTf0U0sdhmTCWUQLUz2xBd1ymLTZRqUQuJ3hxIzZ9BX6w/w640-h426/DSCF7706.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">30 January 2018<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-30520587108385389892024-01-26T10:13:00.000-05:002024-01-26T10:13:11.225-05:00A Watery Seat in the Piazza<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsdx3igVYcqm2FaKCDFDSr_eAjEjsT0mRlUvS9aEVcVZna_sRQLykKQzUW-dqSxrQr6AEVcmNzZM4Zj4sAwWX5QjmFpnafO6kkyROLwvQm1_BfJ5Xi3ySHf014WkIrdB9nB36hjOJd3HWcl4kmJlk2JxWQl7A4UqD-St_qz6JJzAEHF20971IENobEJc/s1200/DSCF0850-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsdx3igVYcqm2FaKCDFDSr_eAjEjsT0mRlUvS9aEVcVZna_sRQLykKQzUW-dqSxrQr6AEVcmNzZM4Zj4sAwWX5QjmFpnafO6kkyROLwvQm1_BfJ5Xi3ySHf014WkIrdB9nB36hjOJd3HWcl4kmJlk2JxWQl7A4UqD-St_qz6JJzAEHF20971IENobEJc/w640-h426/DSCF0850-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 February 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-76140483745596002292024-01-22T20:25:00.000-05:002024-01-22T20:25:06.991-05:00Afternoon Light, Stairway to Ballroom of Ca' Rezzonico<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNC08FEp9l2NYXn8esYfJXS9kUp_eKtFeI_WYwUhrkiBrVI8VJaQ3CyifSbaTnCw4Jle0UHuudW398EzKlzx20JszS79Mt2rlY7tpreF5LSE8-KhIe3jt9kZDQr3vY_y_fzefSgbxwKZ7LBhrSVDJcviMcJSOT0XOzjE5X_jbEJIn5fIekoPC4Kp8hZvY/s1200/DSCF7417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNC08FEp9l2NYXn8esYfJXS9kUp_eKtFeI_WYwUhrkiBrVI8VJaQ3CyifSbaTnCw4Jle0UHuudW398EzKlzx20JszS79Mt2rlY7tpreF5LSE8-KhIe3jt9kZDQr3vY_y_fzefSgbxwKZ7LBhrSVDJcviMcJSOT0XOzjE5X_jbEJIn5fIekoPC4Kp8hZvY/w640-h426/DSCF7417.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">21 January 2018<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-56291087697019391072024-01-19T17:13:00.000-05:002024-01-19T17:13:08.165-05:00January Sunset, Accademia Bridge<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1HjmY6dRWoQ1_OOiB_TCTHEgydNWcifqybh2dyZuj4iQgizq5TD0sFRTGFiXlAhtCM3h7KadVJWn-He_Rr0wf_G-Lft2JVqfsI5tL1rd2F1LrdZWA8EWtNXJtQsn1VhG9xEbAdFwNUtNKyY2XpKWuhSAf6HOwCw1lNOTXBNH6-XSNLWNXsTGAGABFbw/s1200/DSCF0739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1HjmY6dRWoQ1_OOiB_TCTHEgydNWcifqybh2dyZuj4iQgizq5TD0sFRTGFiXlAhtCM3h7KadVJWn-He_Rr0wf_G-Lft2JVqfsI5tL1rd2F1LrdZWA8EWtNXJtQsn1VhG9xEbAdFwNUtNKyY2XpKWuhSAf6HOwCw1lNOTXBNH6-XSNLWNXsTGAGABFbw/w640-h426/DSCF0739.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">21 January 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-87013412986190953782024-01-16T21:48:00.000-05:002024-01-16T21:48:07.387-05:00Confessionals, San Marco<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11Bk6MzTLwWsy2SWiFtnrGTe3T7Ot_wYy-Acyz1MB23ccPbChL4K0O5D4__0iDf0-AN1mF23SnznLUMMUKVzsglqdfHZfWM5bzlRo8JEmvTL3WZseB8i9if_g8fh70dQBlkmZKU6iqOWiRTTgGKICst2FHtIbsZ0YY925yO-VHkbcWyjUmBipS3eQRds/s1200/DSCF0594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="903" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11Bk6MzTLwWsy2SWiFtnrGTe3T7Ot_wYy-Acyz1MB23ccPbChL4K0O5D4__0iDf0-AN1mF23SnznLUMMUKVzsglqdfHZfWM5bzlRo8JEmvTL3WZseB8i9if_g8fh70dQBlkmZKU6iqOWiRTTgGKICst2FHtIbsZ0YY925yO-VHkbcWyjUmBipS3eQRds/w482-h640/DSCF0594.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 January 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-77082293192097347582024-01-14T20:46:00.004-05:002024-01-14T20:48:20.004-05:00Neighboring Doors, Burano<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeLCs8lKpKICI3yR7sl5u0s_xOhLrVeAg3oMeoo-9CcEfcu2rTBVgVmYEbzQtk3vyP7y8L0LRitJSovE2QFdw1DUAXDQ6LoltieX12bIfAEcCNh7SSj9D6UcouJUjoIGhXbLXx7yzCHo6p6WjT3tHc1kqi6QhcYbUSkZg5cKiDssICsssoW41aBa6iqs/s1200/DSCF0644-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1200" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeLCs8lKpKICI3yR7sl5u0s_xOhLrVeAg3oMeoo-9CcEfcu2rTBVgVmYEbzQtk3vyP7y8L0LRitJSovE2QFdw1DUAXDQ6LoltieX12bIfAEcCNh7SSj9D6UcouJUjoIGhXbLXx7yzCHo6p6WjT3tHc1kqi6QhcYbUSkZg5cKiDssICsssoW41aBa6iqs/w640-h424/DSCF0644-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 January 2020<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-75928873260233090502024-01-08T20:07:00.004-05:002024-01-08T20:07:58.064-05:00Il Postino, Murano<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GBaOODU16A8TW16vLdWMtXD3gtQfxYELFD1pEVDMjIoC0aVEJ23X-p9xVCZTEXANw623rNWFsX8vcoXO7ZXlJ3HV_-7K15S3nu4p3y-M0jNluPmsD7r6JNFPP5nT681M25m6ngoz9HmJmZ_PRLhRVM6RnoSNQQVPUoNKW3jnvM96hi7IV5SSqRZ3iqw/s1200/DSCF0635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GBaOODU16A8TW16vLdWMtXD3gtQfxYELFD1pEVDMjIoC0aVEJ23X-p9xVCZTEXANw623rNWFsX8vcoXO7ZXlJ3HV_-7K15S3nu4p3y-M0jNluPmsD7r6JNFPP5nT681M25m6ngoz9HmJmZ_PRLhRVM6RnoSNQQVPUoNKW3jnvM96hi7IV5SSqRZ3iqw/w640-h426/DSCF0635.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 January 2020<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-63261499004129280272024-01-03T18:25:00.001-05:002024-01-03T18:25:04.547-05:00New Year's Bubbles (on Lido)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAKJt3gSEXhHpbq5wN8w6XX2HXkZAiTCeQUqL20tHicGheOQrZRq2Px2q0KQwVO_rEnrTF_ueOpD4dwop2bKEjaNq4Bd-LvRcjYTf8xzTqrt7i5BUAA60b8VqH9z3MosxPQCIL6mDxE8UUzhT2qckk25QXHtFZO6yxv1jozjWpXlcYcS0-4UuKsfRBdc/s1200/DSCF0444.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1200" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAKJt3gSEXhHpbq5wN8w6XX2HXkZAiTCeQUqL20tHicGheOQrZRq2Px2q0KQwVO_rEnrTF_ueOpD4dwop2bKEjaNq4Bd-LvRcjYTf8xzTqrt7i5BUAA60b8VqH9z3MosxPQCIL6mDxE8UUzhT2qckk25QXHtFZO6yxv1jozjWpXlcYcS0-4UuKsfRBdc/w640-h528/DSCF0444.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 January 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-31474288269173362552023-12-31T20:04:00.002-05:002023-12-31T20:04:20.262-05:00A Sparkl(er)ing New Year's Eve (Grand Canal)<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_l_Mjgo0c39Km90Nl7_oXucHmWRBnY_SrGbsVrP-lTB_zywgV1_MptpkS2QXAgzcy2H96U-dxJFCVvMShfnhrZIQ5gHYc2VTUnt7COHL7afJEYAoy8_vKeyG5feF7-28IePGZtiM91YP9vRjdWc262PdL9FG2DUtQTlhPZTpATcCpg1szJ-JT-jhRuhM/s1200/DSCF1887-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_l_Mjgo0c39Km90Nl7_oXucHmWRBnY_SrGbsVrP-lTB_zywgV1_MptpkS2QXAgzcy2H96U-dxJFCVvMShfnhrZIQ5gHYc2VTUnt7COHL7afJEYAoy8_vKeyG5feF7-28IePGZtiM91YP9vRjdWc262PdL9FG2DUtQTlhPZTpATcCpg1szJ-JT-jhRuhM/w640-h426/DSCF1887-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">31 December 2018<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-53194657770400424232023-12-26T19:41:00.004-05:002023-12-26T19:41:37.787-05:00Red, Orange, Green: Foggy Day on the Riva degli Schiavoni<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcks07PHhDT-tpmVJSiKwoUsxx5HdMf0zcv387MKkcSsy0iFWP-h_IYLhRGsbKpoMkoLWR21HsberEeP0Kpap3Q8XLgox6ThwZVRZAwoXHrBn7uSuWzEB3cA0f7P0UxUCV-Rq9GMVAoqeI-Qu6Mk9HQK9GKsTGeN6UWDKfYCQPVyA8wMTblNLNAA_BRSM/s1200/DSCF6578-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcks07PHhDT-tpmVJSiKwoUsxx5HdMf0zcv387MKkcSsy0iFWP-h_IYLhRGsbKpoMkoLWR21HsberEeP0Kpap3Q8XLgox6ThwZVRZAwoXHrBn7uSuWzEB3cA0f7P0UxUCV-Rq9GMVAoqeI-Qu6Mk9HQK9GKsTGeN6UWDKfYCQPVyA8wMTblNLNAA_BRSM/w640-h426/DSCF6578-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">23 December 2014<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-1025343214254835982023-12-23T18:16:00.000-05:002023-12-23T18:16:01.274-05:00Fruttivendolo Near the Ponte dei Pugni<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvtaRh6ZZaFN6rtZMFZ7bTDe_1Tiof8BaCTPaf-_WkQZrdGjp3EaaK2PUnU38HaaiHlkwwS4dOlU5wo8TzD5x-_HH2rhyViCvjbp-3_hhZ9tO1HYoWxj5MRUVk38GxzHeq57ZLrKqgdyEG7ExqSPTxOyV6v_gYFEx6xnM3wuEgKDMLFnB0mDwuMRXH5U/s1200/DSCF7012-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1200" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvtaRh6ZZaFN6rtZMFZ7bTDe_1Tiof8BaCTPaf-_WkQZrdGjp3EaaK2PUnU38HaaiHlkwwS4dOlU5wo8TzD5x-_HH2rhyViCvjbp-3_hhZ9tO1HYoWxj5MRUVk38GxzHeq57ZLrKqgdyEG7ExqSPTxOyV6v_gYFEx6xnM3wuEgKDMLFnB0mDwuMRXH5U/w640-h434/DSCF7012-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">
I've posted this image from 22
December 2017 before but it continues to suggest something to me about the
experience of being out and about in Venice at this time of year, so I'm
posting it again. It stands out in greater relief for me now while living in a
place where, like most places, food shopping has been reduced to an experience
as impersonal, sterile, and "efficient" as a factory line.
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