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Postcards from Naples, Italy: Guardians of the streets

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Navigating our way around Naples on foot offered us ample opportunities to sense those extra pairs of eyes watching over us….

Fountain of the Giant
San Domenico
Galleria Umberto I
San Domenico
Dante Alighieri
Fountain of Neptune
Galleria Umberto I
San Antonio
Dante Alighieri
Umberto I

And spotting the statue of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), “Il Sommo Poeta/The Supreme Poet” of Italy, gives rise to his cautionary words so applicable to American politics today:

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

Postcard from San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico: On the Marigold Trail to Dia de los Muertos

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The scent of crushed pine needles. Crosses created from flowers. Fruit. Bowls of pozole. Marigolds. Coca-Cola.

Wait, Coca-Cola? More in a later post.

But, everything here is being prepped to make the departed feel welcome to return for a visit.

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