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Mrs. Kent turns a page in Italy.

May 20, 2016 By Berni Stapleton 14 Comments

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It is possible there is a more enchanting place balanced somewhere between this world and the next.

 

 

It is possible there is a more captivating Italian-Beagle-Doggy-Who-Longs-For-Bacon. A place where a little dog and a little Downward Facing Dog can lift your heart.

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(A certain Italian-Beagle-Doggy-Who-Longs-For-Bacon finally succumbed to my offers of ear scratching and lounged beside me for minutes at a time beside the pool.)

 

 

It is possible there is another place on earth where the trees are so kind as to deposit your morning orange directly upon your doorstep.

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It is possible there is another series of interconnected squiggles called a roadway somewhere else in the world, where a single road can defy every rule of engineering and run perpendicular to itself while intersecting itself along a hairpin curve. With a roundabout somewhere in the middle.

 

I believe that when Michelangelo was sketching out his pencil design for the Sistine Chapel someone mistook it for the road design and once they built it, it was too embarrassing to change it.

 

So they left it that way.

 

It is possible there is a doppelganger for this country, one where the food is more delicious and flavourful and where a slice of tomato with a drizzle of oil and a sprinkle of fresh basil is so beautiful a person would starve rather than eat it.

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But eat it you will and you will weep while doing so. But then a tree will fling another one at you and you will weep again because dear god so much wonderful food.

 

There might be another heaven where to say one went to a wine tasting is redundant.

 

Where you go to the opera to hear Puccini sung in the place where Puccini was baptized and where he played the organ and where the acoustics are so good that you feel free to sing along very loudly with the wrong words in the wrong key in all the wrong pauses and it still sounds absolutely amazing. (Except for the person sitting next to you.)

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I will concede all of these possibilities.

 

But I know in my heart that there will never be another group like this group of the Nova Yoga Tuscanny Retreat Yogis. Thank you, Melanie, and thank you to Krystal.

 

There will never be another group of intrepid, conquering, compassionate, triumphant, lively, alive bunch of souls like this.

 

Because together we were greater than the sum of our parts.

 

And some of our parts are now stronger than they were before.

 

Every one of us has a story that brought us to this place. Some thing, either great or small.

 

Either something to celebrate, or something to overcome.

 

Something to grab on to, or something to let go of.

 

All these things, desires, wishes, healings and intentions have made some powerful magic.

 

Look out world.

 

There’s an Irish folk song I remember a little bit of. I think it’s called a Parting Song.

 

“So here’s a health to the company and one to my lass,

Let’s drink and be merry all out of one glass,

Let’s drink and be merry, all grief to refrain,

For we may or might never

All meet here again.”

 

I won’t say good-bye.

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I’ll see you on the other side.

 

It’s possible!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Sherri Northcott says

    May 20, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    Beautifully written and emotionally felt. Simplicity and gratitude creates an open heart.

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    • Berni Stapleton says

      May 20, 2016 at 5:34 pm

      thank you, sherri. it’s so nice to hear from my long ago connections in corner brook.

      Reply
  2. Deanne Hickman says

    May 20, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    Italy’s tourism department needs to hire you immediately ♡.

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    • Berni Stapleton says

      May 21, 2016 at 3:42 am

      thank you, my dear friend. i have been trying my best to convince everyone i meet from here that they need a writer-in-residence on a permanent basis….xo

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  3. Sharon says

    May 21, 2016 at 8:31 am

    I will miss Italy seem through your eyes. Thanks ever so!

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    • Berni Stapleton says

      May 21, 2016 at 1:46 pm

      more to come. xoxo

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  4. Sharon says

    May 21, 2016 at 8:37 am

    Egad! ‘seen’!

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  5. Kathleen Dwyer says

    May 21, 2016 at 10:31 am

    Just …wow.

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  6. Janis Byrne says

    May 21, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    Well said. The words and photos are perfect. Take it easy on those Park Ave. ladies today. The phone was Eleanor’s, Siobbhan came to the station and gave it to us, as we see the 3 sisters tonight. Ciao Bella! Looking forward to the next post.

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    • Berni Stapleton says

      May 21, 2016 at 1:46 pm

      excellent! thanks for the update! the park avenue ladies don’t know what hit them just yet!!! xo

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  7. Marilee Pittman says

    May 24, 2016 at 7:58 am

    I love your writing. It reminds me of David Seders, light, whimsical and funny. and fresh like the lemons.

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    • Berni Stapleton says

      May 30, 2016 at 11:29 am

      That is high praise!

      Reply
  8. Kim Power says

    May 29, 2016 at 9:55 am

    As much as I didn’t want the trip to Italy to end, I don’t want Mrs Kent to stop writing about her Italy adventures. So you’ll just have to keep going! 😉 maybe you and Amy could rent a little villa and each day explore another little corner of that amazing part of the world-just for us. I love your writing. It makes me want to cry buckets of tears and laugh giant belly laughs all at the same time.
    Most definitely one of the gifts of the trip was meeting you and Amy and all the other absolutely wonderful characters.
    Xo

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    • Berni Stapleton says

      May 30, 2016 at 11:28 am

      You were a highlight of this trip, for sure. The saga of Mrs. Kent will continue for a while even though I am now home, because there are just too many things to write about!

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