Just to never forget that I am "fragile," here’s how I celebrated the arrival of the new year. With some prosecco and a good syrup that helps me thin the mucus and get rid of this cold assoon as possible before it gets worse (which is not unlikely and should not be taken lightlysince I am immunosuppressed).

Some times phrases like this seem so cliché but, in time of trouble and self analysis, I find them to be like a lighthouse. Simple and clear goals, without any second guessing or else.

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image via Lewis Howes

This map by Esri Deutschland GmbH shows five species who travel great distances to winter or breed. 
Data: Movebank

”Sanity is a handicap and liability if you’re living in a mad world.”
– Anthony Burgess

"Write out your goals. It’s amazing how few people do. By writing out your goals, you prevent a random walk through life. So many people just wander through life."  — Eric Jorgenson, The Anthology of Balaji

This morning while making up my coffee with my moka I was scrolling the incoming chats from last evening (I do have setup a privacy mode that triggers up at 21:00 and so I don't have notifications after that time). Among many futile things I went through Luca's input about this year's World Press Photography contest.

Beware, the linked photo is called “A Father’s Pain” and it's not for the faint of heart. Mine has become very small. Just moments before I was in our double bed holding my son's hand [*].

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[*] yes, he's still small enough to feel the need, during the night, to reach us in the bed and hold one of your hands.

[**] as a side note, in Italy we say ‘cuore piccolo piccolo’ that literally translates as ‘small small heart’. In Italian the expression has a delicate note that I find lost in English translation. Maybe there's an equivalent expression I don't know that's used in those situations? Let me know …

Given the 3 blogs features built into Scribbles, I have started a new side project called ICONOGRAPHY (thanks Lou for the name).