All supplies are Anna's (including seven, count 'em, seven, FotoBlendz)
Journaling:
Isola San Giulio Oct 2017...
A leaf blower at full throttle, cacaphony from a local bar, vociferous German tourists...
Not a promising start on the Way of Silence...
The phrases along the path weren't that profound
and somehow they worked better in Italian than in English
I did like two
Nel silenzio respiri Dio" - in the silence you breathe God
&
Nel silenzio incontri il Maestro - in the silence you meet the Master - OK, so it did make me think of "The Strain"
But we came to realize...
...that even though tumult surrounds you
on the Way, youre meant to find
la pace dell'io - peace within yourself
Il silenzio la pace dell'io... [the silence is the peace within you]