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mental mosaic: pick up your pieces; make something pretty!

mental mosaic: pick up your pieces; make something pretty!

http://www.mentalmosaic.com

An American woman living in Naples, Italy shares photos & writes about her impressions of the culture & her experiences learning the language and discovering the rich history of Italy. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious, mentalmosaic has an emphasis on observing the world around her with a keen eye for detail & humor.

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  • Helen, the face that launched a thousand pop-up ads

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 17:58

    This morning, I had an urge to hear the theme song from the old TV show ‘The Odd Couple.’ Simple enough, right? It would have been, except that Youtube was down for maintenance. So I tried to find the song elsewhere. Easy enough, right? ...

  • Riding Shotgun through Sant’Agata de’ Goti

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 05:33

    Tonight I grabbed the first “taken from the passenger seat photo” I ran into on my computer, and it’s this – a shot taken whilst crossing the bridge into Sant’Agata de’ Goti in Italy. As you can see from the foll...

  • Harvest Moon

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 17:26

    The title of this post reveals what I playfully attempted to capture in tonight’s photo. Yup, that orange sphere is all I could snatch of the spectacular harvest moon we’ve had this week. In keeping with my, “snapped from the passe...

  • Bubbly Clouds

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 15:32 in texas, nablopomo

    I’ve decided to see how far my ’shots from the passenger seat’ obsession will take me this month. Before I explain today’s pic, however, let’s take a moment to grieve together over the ones that got away. I was not qui...

  • Pondering the Inflatable Elvis and Bad Realtor Headshots

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 05:25

    I promise that my blog posts will be more than just things I have seen whilst whizzing down Texan highways, but it is nearly midnight, and it is NaBloPoMo, and it’s not every day that you see a giant inflatable Elvis. What amuses me about this...

  • Got Gun?

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 14:58 in texas, billboards

    Spending time in Texas when you’re from the north is rather like hanging out with an infamous uncle, the one you’ve been hearing outrageous stories about your whole life, but have never met. You step off the plane, shake his hand, and ca...

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