Wednesday, 3 June 2026

portu ii (13. 482)



 
For our last full day in Corsica, we returned to Porto (Portu)—the harbour of the community of Ota, located higher up on the cliffs, and enjoyed a longer stroll around the marina, watching the waves break against the rocks at the foot of the Torregiana, the fifteenth century fortified watchtower to rebuff piracy. 


Marvelling also at the mountains that just a bit inland gave us the sense of being in a massive crater, we descended to the roiling rapids of the stream to the so called Grotto of the Serpents, a cave whose weathered features certainly can conjure up all sorts of phantasms.


 
 
synchronoptica

one year agoGideon v Wainwright (with synchronopticรฆ), the Carpenters in space (1978) plus Star Trek: TOS’ disappointing final episode

fourteen years ago: more EU budgetary shortfalls plus Mid-Century Modern textile patterns 

fifteen years ago: public-facing websites 

sixteen years ago: social media and SharePoint 

seventeen years ago: eavesdropping