Author: Arnaldo Pellini
Introspection
I walk the usual path in the Arboretum park lost in my thoughts. The trees on my left. The lake on my right. My dog pulls following some scents under a thin layer of snow. I can see the bend of the path about 100 meters ahead. I see the tree that has grown diagonally and not straight up. Maybe it was due to the winds or the soft soil at the edge of the […]
Dots in the water
Looking up
I lace up my trekking boots, grab my walking stick, and give a quick whistle to the dog.
The horizon
L’Arte
A quote from Alessandro Manzoni by Giuseppe Pontiggia
A sky full of stars
Afternoon Concert in Heinävesi
Like every summer, the Heinävesi Music Festival brought classical music to this small town in Eastern Finland
Heinävesi railway station
I went back to the railway station in Heinävesi the other day. I had to take the 16:45 train to Pietsämäki.
The words from within
It is summer. I am on holiday and spending time at our cottage in Eastern Finland. I am fixing things. Collecting branches. Pick up logs and doing piles to dry the firewood before the autumn. I listen to podcasts while working, and yesterday I stumbled upon a very moving interview on BBC’s The Documentary. It is a conversation between the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Australian songwriter, Nick Cave. Their conversation spoke to […]