In fairy tales, the princess often kisses the toad who turns into a handsome prince and… “they lived happily ever after”. In reality, toads and in general all amphibians (frogs, toads and newts), do not turn into princes, but in their two lives, (the term amphibian means exactly this: “with […]
Maria Beatrice Lupi
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«First flourished the golden age, which without avengers/or laws, spontaneously honoured loyalty and rectitude. […] Free, untouched by the rake, unfurled/by the plow, the earth produced everything by itself/and men, satisfied with the foods born spontaneously,/gathered strawberry trees, mountain strawberries, cornelian cherries, blackberries hidden among the thorns of the brambles/and […]
Let’s discover the animals of the forest Summer is here! On hot summer afternoons, under the beach umbrella or in the shade of large trees, it’s time for stories and discoveries. This month we have selected an illustrated book for our youngest readers to accompany them on an emotional journey […]
For some years a group of bats has settled in my house in the space between the roof slope and the gutter above the balcony. I find their tracks in the morning on the floor, every now and then I hear rustling and their screeching. At dusk you can see […]
The strawberry grows underneath the nettleAnd wholesome berries thrive and ripen bestNeighbour’d by fruit of baser quality (William Shakespeare, Henry V) Once winter has passed, when the forest awakens and spring is in full force, you come across open areas of woods, undergrowth, meadows, and clearings, an expanse of small […]