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Born in Italy, in a town at the foot of the Alps on lake Como (Lecco).
Moved to the USA after marrying a US service man.
One wonderful daughter.
One fox or coyote look-alike dog named Loki, Lord of Mischief (sometimes called Loki Luciano).
One chihuahua named Trigger, like the horse.
And one cat named Caesar, the ruler.

I absolutely love animals and nature, I think our purpose here on the planet is to learn (and teach) to be in harmony with our surroundings.
I usually do not trust people who are not fond of animals and I dislike those who are disrespectful to nature.

I like art and music. I like digitally animated movies as I admire and appreciate the work in them. I enjoy funny movies, I think laughing is great and it should be done daily. "Il riso fa buon sangue" is an Italian saying literally translated into "laughter makes good blood".

I have been drawing and painting since I could hold a pencil and a brush. My mom used to take weekly trips to Switzerland (1/2 hour drive away) to fill the gas tank and buy better coffee, and she used to bring me all kinds of great supplies, from Caran D'Ache watercolor pencils, to animal shaped pencil sharpeners, etc,. all things that were not found in the stores in town. I always felt so special to own those items and I think it was then that my passion for paper and pens was born.


Since then I have always had a fascination with blank books, art supplies, pens, pencils and papers. I like nice stationary, high-quality journals and notebooks. I particularly like fountain pens and Moleskine notebooks. I rather buy one of those than a pair of shoes. But I digress...

I like bright colors, turquoise is my favorite. I like black and white photos.
I like mermaids, Pinocchio (not the Disney one, though), little objects, particularly vintage wooden ones.
I like vintage children books. Their drawings are amazing!

I also like:
parfumes
black licorice
motorcycles
gnomes
watermelon
apple computers
the smell of freshly cut grass
snow
photography
the smell of puppies and kittens
Monk (the TV show)
walnuts
the smell of a new open book (you can often catch me at Barnes & Nobles opening books and sniffing....mmmmmhhhh)
the Beatles

to be continued...

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