This is Amorella. Our fast train to Florence is pulling into line seven. First class on the electric bullet – smooth, quiet, and comfortable with speeds up to 198 miles per hour on the way. The last time the Orndorffs were on a train was in Peru: Puno to Cuzco in 1972.
Excited when the train pulled up, and I was further delighted with the ride through the Tuscan countryside. I thought of my ancestral (DNA) mother of 17,000 years ago, who apparently lived in the area. Such connections are important within, even the very old ones. Biologically, we are who we are and who we once were a part of too. Our great-grandparents go a long way back. We share our ancient DNA like we share the air, unconsciously.
Once in Florence the driver who picked us up at the station and took us to our hotel proudly said (upon my asking about the construction of their modern trains), ‘It now takes four and a half hours to travel by rail [on Italian built trains] from Milan to Naples, it used to take eight.’
To your left is a photo of Tavola Calo a pleasant and quiet family restaurant suggested by the friendly staff at the Hotel Diana in Rome. The pastas and pizza were quite good and you chose a different menu each of the two days you suppered. Those are friends Craig and Alta standing behind the bicycle.
The four had a favorite nearby family restaurant in Florence too. Lunch at Mario’s, also twice (pictured below). Mario’s has been written up in Bon Appétit and is a lively place, full of humanity of all sizes, shapes and nationalities. It was busy and noisy, with good food and cheaper Cokes than the nearby surrounding Florence.
Most people don’t have a problem seeing a connection between spirituality and food, particularly when sharing it with friends and family. In the Merlyn’s Mind stories what most people think of Heaven is based on this same human quality, sharing one’s bounty with others. Not food perhaps, but conversation and friendship are still a part of the environment of the Dead. What else would one expect in a spiritually driven human orientation in consciousness?
What is amazing to me about this posting is the theme. In no way did I consider the ‘food’ theme would be posted on Thanksgiving. My main concern is always being able to walk off the plane after it has taken off, if anything was in the back of my mind that was it. Amorella notes the calendar and specific dates that I do not until I fall upon them. To end, I trust that those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving are having a good one, and a good day to everyone else too. rho
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