Un cappuccino con orzo.
Un altro cornetto con formaggio, per favore.
( which translate to: A barley cappuccino.
Another croissant with cheese, please. )
This is what I ordered today, in my favorite bar/pasticceria/ristorante in the Italian town that I returned to, a little over two weeks ago, after having spent three months in Portugal together with @clareartista .
The day before yesterday's breakfast with a view ( of apple crumble with crema pasticceria and barley coffee )
Today is day 13 without coffee.
In those 13 days, I have had 2 or 3 teas.
Night, day, night, day, week, month...
and then it's February.
Apparently of the year 2025.
I have lost track of time.
The fact that I have been sleeping weirdly for quite some time now, aside from one night of deep sleep on the ferry from Barcelona to Civitavecchia, the day we arrived in Italy, might play a part too.
Also, I seem(ed) to have lost my writing (mojo), somewhere between my last coffee and my last tea, almost two weeks ago.
@clareartista and I have, once again, decided to quit caffeine ( as we tried, last September, days after meeting up/falling in love ). We are doing this to improve our physical and mental health and I must say that it's quite the roller coaster.
But hey, we are all-in in crypto and have been for many years.
And, talking about roller coasters, the (mainstream) news/world politics are like the most terrible theme park, not entertaining at all. Unless you manage to actually see the fun in it all.
It's all about riding the waves and not being sucked under for too long. It's about enjoying the highs and not staying stuck too long in the lows.
🎤Insane in the membrane,
insane in the brain🎵
My view from the sofa at the foot of our bed, with one of Clare's paintings in the background
There's many reasons to feel all-over-the-place these days but we sure do our best to find balance, in all ways possible.
Yesterday we went on a spontaneous hike, bringing a li'l picknick along with us. The weather and view were amazing for a Winter day and it was well worth the climb.
In the following picture you see daisy taking a picture of a clare ( or is it the other way around? must be the lack of caffeine... )
Some more pics...
Guardia Sandframondi, seen from above, just before we descended down a hill, after a 3 hour hike.
Anywho, I just wanted to get a post out of my system. I trust the photos make up for the lack of coherency in my writing.
I'll be back soonish, definitely sooner than in a half a month.
Stay well and keep enjoying life, whenever and wherever you can!✨
Feeling quite the same without having quit the coffee 🙂
seems to be all weird at the moment, even though, I feel a shift from yesterday (January) and today (February), for the better luckily.
just going to pretend January was still last year 😁
take good care you two and enjoy ❤️
I can imagine that being in such a natural environment that you'd start to notice and have more sensitivity to the negative things in life. Realising what's best avoided and how to go about making yourself feel better mentally and physically.
How could you possibly want to pick up your phone and read global news when in front of you is a beautiful mountain with low clouds?
Posts are empty words if you are forcing it. (Inuke - The master of forced writing)
Its good to see your post and hear from you. I was worried that you took my Italia jokes seriously and joined a mafia. And people started calling you Big Vince. 🤣
But the images says otherwise, And it does look like you are enjoying your caffeine free sober days.
Have fun brother. ❤️☮️
Say hi to clear
Glad to see you are still enjoying life, even if a bit scatterbrained! Welcome to my world 🤪
I am doing my best to embody the spirit of nature in the city and having a great time of it, aside from the week I spent with a bad cold. Getting back into my rhythm with a new PC and setting up the corner of my living room table as a music and video editing studio 🤣
Expecting a fantastic 2025
Is it going better the sleep now in Italy? I think the last period was stressful so you need to relax a bit again... Seems you having good days there
Slept slightly better last night - a night without barking dogs helped - but there's still loads of sleep to catch on.
Grazie!
Give up caffeine? I'd do anything for health, but I won't do that!
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