One of the many creations …

… titled "No man is an Island".

A random book left on a random bench in a random street in Lana, Italy.

Simmel appears to be a prolific author and this book (pictured) seems to have good reviews; this led me onto John Donne’s poem of the same title…. and then to this.
Thankfully it never ceases to amaze and educate me how historical prose can still hold its contemporary value.

Oh, yes, we were in Lana this day. Found a nice bit of la vecchia Italia amongst the new architecture.