Writer, teacher educator, singer based in Rome. Adolescent kittens Rufus and Feronia and accordion lessons keep me busy. New book out now: http://www.Teach-with-Confidence.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mvjxngmpmc2o#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn #Rome Ancient Roman knees in Palazzo Massimo15 Sep 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjxngmpmc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mvckfjntr22eFinally, rain came! This #Caturday some cool cats from #Rome - Rufus and Feronia watching the storm show ⛈️ and a Roman mosaic in Palazzo Massimo12 Sep 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvckfjntr22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3muqzjjbeuk2iFor #Caturday Feronia is proud to share the cheddar scones she assisted me with making with cheese I brought back from Dublin. ☘️😻05 Sep 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqzjjbeuk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mujdbi3nyk2h#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIntegers #Venice #Astrology My favorite clock in Piazza San Marco02 Sep 2026 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujdbi3nyk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mu7cwtub722d#Caturday hot cats photo dump - it was high of 102F in #Rome yesterday! 😿🔥😿🔥29 Aug 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7cwtub722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mtyvp7lr6s2r#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHearts Artist Niki de St. Phalle, Tarot Garden in Capalbio, Italy (column detail)26 Aug 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyvp7lr6s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mtyvbvlkps2r#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHearts Artist Ann Carrington's work at the Palazzo Pisano Moretti in Venice, Dries Van der Noten Foundation 202626 Aug 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyvbvlkps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mtgzvicex22q#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGrand The grand library known as The Long Room at Trinity College in Dublin is undertaking a 5 year restoration/digitization project that is indeed GRAND. 😍19 Aug 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgzvicex22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3msqddfnmzs23#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #Fellini #Rome This is Venusia at Cinecitta' used in Fellini's 1976 film Casanova. 🎬😍10 Aug 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqddfnmzs23https://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mslckabgw22oHappy #InternationalCatDay #Caturday with some best of Feronia and Rufus 😻❤️😻❤️ lounging in summer 🌴⛱️🔥 and all other seasons08 Aug 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslckabgw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3msfhljkigs25#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral Capparis Spinosa grows all over the ancient walls of Rome with flowers that bloom in summer and die in a day or two. Yes that's where capers come from!06 Aug 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfhljkigs25https://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mryuv5pl722mAnother scorching heat wave after another means this #Caturday only paws touching 😻🔥🥵01 Aug 2026 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mryuv5pl722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mrmidyybzs2b#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark Chopin Nocturne concert with 13-year-old pianist Martina Meola in the Basilica di Massenzio adjacent to the Roman forum. Magical!! 😍🎼👏🌟⭐️27 Jul 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmidyybzs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mrhy5x5s7c2aA slightly less scalding #Caturday and rain maybe in the forecast tomorrow. Cats like my new kantha quilt! 🐈‍⬛😻25 Jul 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhy5x5s7c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mr3ucl5sns2o#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves In this ridiculous heat wave in Rome I can't stop dreaming about this curvy pool in the hills of the Castelli Romani south of Tivoli surrounded by rosemary bushes and cypress trees. With a sunset view of the city!20 Jul 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3ucl5sns2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mqwfuqx4r222Help! We are melting in 100F heat! #Caturday emergency! Send rain! 💦💦🥵😻😻18 Jul 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwfuqx4r222https://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mqmhksqqu22c#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBehind My sister is a very talented seamstress (hobby) and makes a no tie apron that just slips on. 👏👏🍓🍓😍🤩14 Jul 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmhksqqu22chttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mqf3pjwvmk27#Caturday Back home after a week in the hills SE of Rome where I befriended kitten Olivio and spotted a calico. Rufus and Feronia are hot but glad to have me back.11 Jul 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqf3pjwvmk27https://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mpyrb7ub4c2v#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbandoned Feronia and Rufus were abandoned in a box on a table in the lobby of my friend's apartment building, likely barely a week old. She saved them, I adopted them 2 months later. They are inseparable. WHODOESTHIS?! 😱06 Jul 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyrb7ub4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mpshulhrzc2jThis #caturday I am so glad to be back home. When not on my bed, Rufus and Feronia are on the glass coffee table in this heat.04 Jul 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpshulhrzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mpfujwnnyk24#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZany Just outside the Italian town of Capalbio is the Tarot Garden of Niki de St. Phalle. This Saturday was my 4th visit. It never ceases to be astounding!29 Jun 2026 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpfujwnnyk24https://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mpan6um3pk2cIt's #Caturday in Montemerano which is a tiny beautiful borgo in Maremma that loves cats. Check out the painting with a hole for cats in its church!27 Jun 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpan6um3pk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mop7ginju223#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXyloid Chairs designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with fabric by Fortuny20 Jun 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mop7ginju223https://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mop73qxcik23Happy #Caturday from Venice where a few cats have turned up to say ciaomeow20 Jun 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mop73qxcik23https://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mo5nz7jf422mCurrently stealing hearts at the Venice Biennale these three seagull babies enjoying the pool at the Venice pavilion ❤️❤️❤️13 Jun 2026 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5nz7jf422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mo5ntz4qgk2mI know it's #caturday but I FINALLY saw Mimmo, the dolphin living in the Venice lagoon for almost a year now! 🐬😍💦13 Jun 2026 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5ntz4qgk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mnthl7p3fk2l#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWater #Venice water everywhere, even in the Polish pavilion of the Biennale (my favorite) 💦💦09 Jun 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnthl7p3fk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mnlvpheya22jHave to share a taste of the Holy See pavilion at the Venice #Biennale where a curated soundtrack accompanies you in a monastery garden walk. So restorative and peaceful!06 Jun 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnlvpheya22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mnlv6qu6pk2j#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVocal Hey did you know I sing with a swing orchestra based in Milan and we have an album coming out in a couple of months? It's called www.movietunes.it06 Jun 2026 05:09 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnlv6qu6pk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/amiletta.bsky.social/post/3mnluik2q7s2jHappy #Caturday from Venice where this orange cat greeted me with a leg rub. So far Rufus has stayed out of trouble back home. Feronia also is quite content to share a corner of the bed with my cat sitter.06 Jun 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:grdlhykvetpfxdabc63nt4f4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnluik2q7s2j