The Phytophactor

The most dangerous thing in Italy other than the narrow mountain roads enclosed by rocky walls are Vespas. There are two ways to die by Vesp...

A young former colleague of mine was found dead in his apartment a couple of weeks ago. I just found out because his apartment is a couple o...

This magnificent tree is called the curtain fig; it’s huge and may be several hundred years old. Curtain fig is not the common name of the s...