If you want to know more about life in and around Longoio and see more photos of our hamlet and the surrounding country then there are two facebook pages worth looking at.
(Sorry, wrong picture….this isn’t life in Longoio (yet). It’s a hypothetical view of life in lower Brexitshire c. AD 2990).
The first is a group page I keep, mainly written in English. It’s called ‘Longoio’ and you find it at
https://www.facebook.com/Longoio-271075589577951/
The second is another group page maintained by someone born and bred in Longoio but who now lives in the plain of Lucca where she is a teacher. It’s called ‘Longoio Nel ❤’ and you can find it at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1770997666551182/
It’s lovely to know that locals are, increasingly, taking their own photos of the area – having a smart phone does have its positive social side too – and each contributor has their own take on our lovely village.
As for other Longoio-featured blogs, there is another one called ‘Lazy Sunday Afternoon’ from a contributor born and bred in Wales.
Luckily for sassenachs it’s ‘ddim o gwbl’ (not at all) written in Welsh, has a very lively and witty style and is well worth reading. What’s also fun about it is that each post concludes with a verse which is equally light-hearted.
I’m truly glad to have come across Longoio’s other blog and, indeed, its writer.
You can find it at:
http://longoio.blogspot.com/2018/10/missed-first-sunday-too-lazy.html
PS Perhaps I should try a verse too at the end of my blog posts.
It’s lovely to live in a place
where drizzly days are rather rare
…….spoke too soon…. as outside, I fear,
it’s pelting down at quite a pace
and my washing’s got drenched again
with all this Italian rain!
(O dear, not half as good as hers).
(Cheekie with her fur wet again)
STOP PRESS!!!
Sandra (wife) has said that she’s found her blog again. A true pioneer, Sandra started her blog in 2006 and here is a link to it:
http://alexandra-dreaming-heavenly-rainbows.blogspot.com/
I’m so pleased to have found it!