"My days here have been spent mostly in the company of rock and salt, and though torrid treks up the white lava rock immensity that is the mountain by which I currently reside have been enjoyable, my most tranquil days have been spent swimming in the small cove of Baia della Pelara, eating bruschetta, and retiring early to the confines of my cool, tiled room."

- My Journal, 08/15/24