In My Secret Life
26 April 2012 — Updates
Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool - Liv Ullmann
Fear not, Liv - you're not in Tinsletown anymore. Get yourself to San Rocco's olive grove, where cool breezes stroke the soft-scented grasses (dribble dribble bucolic bliss etcetera), and you'll be in fine company.
I can't actually share any images with you yet, I'm afraid, Liv, as the skies have been angry as a Norwegian wood in winter…
Cold Mountain
09 February 2012 — Updates
The fountain in the front yard is rusted out/ All my love was down in the frozen ground - Bon Iver
Before we state the bleedin' obvious, let us recall why houses like San Rocco were built as they were: to house wealthy Renaissance types during the summer months, where the light mountain breezes could offer balmy respite from the crucible-like heat of the madding city below.
Summer. Ah, there's the c…
Baby, It's Cold Outside...
22 December 2011 — Updates
"The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband" - Joan Rivers
It's been a busy year at 'The Roc' - and it's about to get busier. What better way to wind down December, then, than with a little healing Yoga and the Christmas bazaar?
In fact, the 'Yoga' in this instance was based on a form of Tibetan tantra, taught to a group of instructors and practit…
The Next Chapter
11 October 2011 — Updates
"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance" - Benjamin Franklin
'Summer's almost gone/ The winter's tuning up...'
Name that tune - first correct answer wins a night at San Rocco with live serenade by the fire (family and friends excluded; besides, thought you'd have had enough??)
Yeah, the summer's gone, but a lot goes on forever. Laying floors for one; mosquitoes, it…
Camera, lights, action
30 May 2011 — Updates
"The most important part of my religion is to play guitar" - Lou Reed
It's been a while since the last blog. So much has happened, and continues to happen up here, that I'm not going to attempt to fill in the gaps. Have a look at the photos on this revamped site (thank you, Caterina) and see what could inspire you. Make a film? Draw a neo-classical masterpiece? Build your own rare-wood, handmade g…
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