~the occasional warm, sunny days in Italy in January and February.
~the European blackbirds are reputed by Italians to dread cold. When the winter sun shines brightly, however, it immediately perks up and acts as if it owned the world. But as soon as the cold returns, it huddles shivering and miserable.
by John Ciardi's, notes on Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy (Purgatory)
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