petipaw
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Venezia / Los Angeles. I read books.
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· Aug 17
Presenting my new site, Reading Venice. Like it says on the tin, it’s about Venice and its books
readingvenice.weebly.com
readingvenice.weebly.com
Reading Venice
Fiction and non-fiction books about Venice or set in Venice -- historical novels, crime novels, classics, essays, history, architecture, travelogues etc.
readingvenice.weebly.com
For reasons beyond my understanding, #Weebly deleted the site about #books and #Venice I had been working on for over a year. Their “support” team is unresponsive. I’m a little crushed. #ReadingVenice
So far #DoctorThorne is not as delightful, hilarious and all-around brilliant as the previous Barsetshire volumes by #Trollope – though the cover (a William Morris wallpaper design) is exquisite. Thoughts, @nonsuchbook.bsky.social?
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
So far #DoctorThorne is not as delightful, hilarious and all-around brilliant as the previous Barsetshire volumes by #Trollope – though the cover (a William Morris wallpaper design) is exquisite. Thoughts, @nonsuchbook.bsky.social?
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My friend’s #lemon tree is covered in fruit so I’m making #marmalade (or rather a kind of jam which uses the entire lemon – it’s an Italian recipe)
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
My friend’s #lemon tree is covered in fruit so I’m making #marmalade (or rather a kind of jam which uses the entire lemon – it’s an Italian recipe)
Here is some peaceful golden foliage to make up for my last 2 posts’ stilted highbrow vibe (which is actually very me, I admit…)
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Here is some peaceful golden foliage to make up for my last 2 posts’ stilted highbrow vibe (which is actually very me, I admit…)
At the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, I discovered the wild works of Argentine ceramic artist #LucioFontana (1899-1968). Here are one early work & one late piece.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
At the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, I discovered the wild works of Argentine ceramic artist #LucioFontana (1899-1968). Here are one early work & one late piece.
My friend Marianna, whose gifts always expand my horizons, sent me this fascinating #autobiography of translator Lilianna Lungina (1920-1998), whose life pretty much coincided with that of the #USSR. Much of it is chilling.
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My friend Marianna, whose gifts always expand my horizons, sent me this fascinating #autobiography of translator Lilianna Lungina (1920-1998), whose life pretty much coincided with that of the #USSR. Much of it is chilling.
This golden #gingko is for @sparrowpost.bsky.social, who always comes across magical trees on her walks
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This golden #gingko is for @sparrowpost.bsky.social, who always comes across magical trees on her walks
Terrific panel at the #VeniceNoir festival about how realistic murders are (and should be) in #crimefiction – featuring a legit British pathologist surrounded by lively, fiery novelists @annamazz.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social @tombenjamin.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Terrific panel at the #VeniceNoir festival about how realistic murders are (and should be) in #crimefiction – featuring a legit British pathologist surrounded by lively, fiery novelists @annamazz.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social @tombenjamin.bsky.social
Like writers’ work, the work of professional translators has been pillaged by #AI companies to train #LLMmodels so it’s disheartening when a wonderful #bookfestival features an AI translator (with an awful output at that)… #VeniceNoir @annamazz.bsky.social @davidhewson.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Like writers’ work, the work of professional translators has been pillaged by #AI companies to train #LLMmodels so it’s disheartening when a wonderful #bookfestival features an AI translator (with an awful output at that)… #VeniceNoir @annamazz.bsky.social @davidhewson.com
An appropriately eerie, foggy #Venice hosts the #VeniceNoir festival as of today – the Trial of Casanova panel was brilliant, both fun and thought provoking
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
An appropriately eerie, foggy #Venice hosts the #VeniceNoir festival as of today – the Trial of Casanova panel was brilliant, both fun and thought provoking
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
I found some #quince at the farmers’ market so I made dulce de membrillo, a treat that reminds me of my grandparents’ native Uruguay…
#dulcedemembrillo
#dulcedemembrillo
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I found some #quince at the farmers’ market so I made dulce de membrillo, a treat that reminds me of my grandparents’ native Uruguay…
#dulcedemembrillo
#dulcedemembrillo
Churches in #Italy often feature tiny #thriftstores. At a church in #Venice I just got a used checkered button-down shirt (100% cotton, Made in England) as a replacement for a beloved plaid shirt that a friend gave me 30 years ago, when I was a teenager, and that’s now literally threadbare
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Churches in #Italy often feature tiny #thriftstores. At a church in #Venice I just got a used checkered button-down shirt (100% cotton, Made in England) as a replacement for a beloved plaid shirt that a friend gave me 30 years ago, when I was a teenager, and that’s now literally threadbare
I’ve been taking #vogaveneta (Venetian-style #rowing, standing up) lessons for over a year now and it’s not getting any easier…
#Venice #Venezia
#Venice #Venezia
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’ve been taking #vogaveneta (Venetian-style #rowing, standing up) lessons for over a year now and it’s not getting any easier…
#Venice #Venezia
#Venice #Venezia
So comforting, delicious and nutritious – my #stracciatella #soup with #rainbowchard (instead of the classic spinach, which I couldn’t find at the farmers’ market), dried tomatoes and a couple of beaten eggs
#vegetarian
#vegetarian
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
So comforting, delicious and nutritious – my #stracciatella #soup with #rainbowchard (instead of the classic spinach, which I couldn’t find at the farmers’ market), dried tomatoes and a couple of beaten eggs
#vegetarian
#vegetarian
My #JosephConrad spree continues with Typhoon
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My #JosephConrad spree continues with Typhoon
A wonderful exhibition about writer #MarioRigoniStern highlights his WW2 experiences, his friendship with Primo Levi and his lifelong passion for nature, especially his native mountains around Asiago.
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A wonderful exhibition about writer #MarioRigoniStern highlights his WW2 experiences, his friendship with Primo Levi and his lifelong passion for nature, especially his native mountains around Asiago.
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
I love it that the EMERGENCY EXIT sign is reflected in this #selportrait of Edvard #Munch, now on display at the Candiani Center in #Venice-Mestre
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I love it that the EMERGENCY EXIT sign is reflected in this #selportrait of Edvard #Munch, now on display at the Candiani Center in #Venice-Mestre
