The ChangeLog – August 2026
For the first half of August I was on vacation. As I said last month, I spent my vacation at home. It was nice. Even without leaving home, having a different...
The ChangeLog – July 2026
Cocò the cat, enjoying his Italian summer life on a Vespa The hot weather is consuming me. We had a heat wave in early June, and it never stopped. Some other...
The ChangeLog – June 2026
June 2026 has been a mix of events and emotions. Like all the other times this happens, I feel the month is both memorable and long, and short and ephemeral....
The ChangeLog – May 2026
I am getting married. Well, not soon — next year. Still, as I subtly anticipated during previous issues of The ChangeLog, this year I had one goal: to move...
The ChangeLog – April 2026
Change is the crack through which we let life pour into ourselves. I got that phrase in a freewriting session, and it stuck in my mind for a while. I fear...
The ChangeLog – March 2026
This March was colder than February. I am writing this post while my right hand is frozen; so much so that I had to go back and take out my gloves. If we...
The ChangeLog – February 2026
I don't really know how to start this newsletter. February is the shortest month, and I always need to write it at the last moment. It is hard to write about...
The ChangeLog – January 2026
Pepito enjoying the radiator. I now have a cat. His name is Pepito. On the morning of December 28th, I heard desperate meows in the stair hall outside our...
The ChangeLog – December 2025
Hello everyone. I am writing this between the holidays and, as usual, this will be a shorter issue. After all, the time from December 24th to January 1st is...
The ChangeLog – November 2025
Foto di Anne Nygård su Unsplash To be perfectly candid, I could copy-paste October's intro here and it would fit. Nothing really changed during the past...
The ChangeLog – October 2025
October is probably my favorite month. That's why it is a shame that it felt like it lasted a week. It happens when I am distracted and not "here and now."...
The ChangeLog – September 2025
What a month. First of all, both men and women Italian volleyball teams won their respective world championships. This is enough to put September 2025 in the...
The ChangeLog – August 2025
If you meet me on the street and ask me out of the blue, "How was this August?" then, for the first time, I will respond without hesitation: it was sweet. I...
The ChangeLog – July 2025
Reflecting on my wavering July, the three books I read, the new Messa's album and, of course, KPop Demon Hunters.
The ChangeLog – June 2025
After a couple of blue months, things turned brighter. I still lack energy and I am still covered by thick curtains that make it impossible to plan or be...
The ChangeLog – May 2025
Photo by Alex Seinet on Unsplash I wrote a quite long introduction but then I deleted it. I don't like to repeat myself and, to be honest, I don't think I...
The ChangeLog – April 2025
Giulianello Lake on April 5th, the last good day. If I should use a word for April 2025, it would be "wasted." Both in the usual sense of "I let it go to...
The ChangeLog – March 2025
March 16th. What a day. Welcome to Spring! 🌺 (Even if it doesn't look like it: it is cold and it is raining all the time). Once again, I am puzzled. Has...
The ChangeLog – February 2025
View from my morning walk. February was a pleasant month, but perhaps not a very memorable one. This blade cuts in both directions: you can be memorably good...
The ChangeLog – January 2025
I was looking through the folder with the older ChangeLog drafts. The first one dates back to May 2022. It is kinda surprising that I am closing to the third...