All but abstinent

Setting Today was a particularly hot day. The people who remained in the city cursed the heat and panted. Waiting for the traffic light to turn green, the sun actually hurt my hands. On such days shade and cold water are simply priceless. The buzzing of air-conditioning fills the city. After a spectacular sunset a …

Setting It started raining a couple of days ago, officially ending the summer. Three months of torrid days and yet we feel a little sorry, now we got almost used to them. The song ‘Aguas de marco’, the waters of March’ talks about this, a Brazilian way of saying goodbye to the summer. Daniele arrived …

Dionysus did it According to the Greek mythology, it was the god of wine, Dionysus, who brought vines and the art of winemaking to Sicily. Although people in Sicily had been producing wine long before the Greek even set food ashore, the figure of Dionysus is simply too fascinating to discard. This outsider among the …