Nine days from now I'll be in the air, assuming I'm not on the "no fly" list. I woke up to news about this list on NPR this morning. They didn't say how many people were on it. Maybe they'll wait until I try to come back to vote.

I live in a lovely tree-lined neighborhood. It's multi-ethnic, lots of Arabic immigrants nearby. Tonight I can barely hear myself think for all the helicopters circling overhead. Gives me no sense of security- quite the opposite. Things seem a bit out of hand of late. I will be so glad to be gone. Does anyone get the new Air America radio broadcast on-line in Italy? I was a little put out that they bought their time in NYC from WBLI which has always been one of the few left wing, and only African American, talk radio stations in the area. There must be room for more left leaning stations. Are we to have only the one divided between two programming schedules with different audiences?

Ah, well. All of that soon behind me. I have to start creating a welcoming house and garden for multi-ethnic weekend parties above the Val d'Orcia. I do hope it's warm enough to camp out in my shell of a house while I seek out an insurance agent for the property, a notaio to make up an Italian will for the benefit of my heirs (my sister and nephew - la famiglia), the secret to getting the electricity turned on, and the geometra (who'd better be molto simpatico.)

posted by Joanna @ 4/07/2004 02:00:00 AM