I’ve been in the shadows reading your posts through the feeds and missing all of you terribly. But Geez. For the love of blog. After all this time? Who would possibly remember me? Oh, that’s okay. Then, as I re-opened my blog to test the comment section’s code under different browsers, to my surprise, a large number of hits started immediately rolling in. Eeek! I’ve suddenly become a little shy. I’ll admit it.

Well, if “Code is Poetry” as Wordpress says, then I’m not a poet, so I must thank my gifted Dante, Tess from A Zestful Quest, for being kind enough to re-code my blog from scratch after I crashed it and going along with my every whim until I was jumping up and down, pointing at the screen shouting “Yes, that’s what I envisioned!”.

Must admit Tess was done with the code last month, but I insisted on designing the header you see above and installing the comment section, which, as usual, I’m still tweaking. Now I must re-upload post by post, picture by picture. *sigh*

Tess also freelances in order to enjoy an expat life in the capital city. Not Rome. London. Thanks Tess!

Shadows

Shadows are very symbolic for me, so my favorite part of this blog’s new design is that the images rise above their shadows, as oh boy I’d like to be able to do.

I’ll just briefly say that the past few months have been, ahm, a learning experience, which I can only compare to life in Plato’s Cave. Yes. Shadows. I’ll leave it at that. I planned to stay off-line for a couple more weeks, but there are so many special people in the blogosphere I have come to know, respect and whose blogs have been as inspirational as enjoyable, and it’s been a blessing to receive your emails today. Thank you!

Meanwhile, above are 4 guys also battling out their shadows a la Plato style, but sexier. Uf! Mamma mia! What is it about tough-looking guys with classical instruments? It’s like seeing a guy carry a baby. You might have seen them. They are the ones who play Metallica on Cello and they will give a concert in Italy this summer. The old mixed with the new. Like Rome. Love it.

Test post.

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