Comments on: La Notte di San Lorenzo: Make a Wish!

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By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:22:36 +0000

Yes, I have and it is such a fun and exciting time! Wishing many stars for you Michelle! xoxo

Thanks Pam!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:06:07 +0000

Isn’t there an old movie about the stars of San Lorenzo?

I think you’re right Margaret, and I think it’s just called La Notte di San Lorenzo? I haven’t seen it.

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:57:10 +0000

Every August under the stars of our summer camp, just across the pond from you, dear friend!

Excellent, Irene

By: sperlygirl

sperlygirl — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:48:37 +0000

‘have i ever wished upon a falling star?’…..~always, it’s part of the magic of life! count me in tonight

Woohoo! All week we should have some clear skies

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:15:45 +0000

I often wish on the first star “Star Light, Star Bright” (in fact this is one of the nursery rhymes I’m teaching to the kids at the Head Start where I read to kids every week (http://readalouddelaware.org/) but I’d never heard of La Notte di San Lorenzo – even when we lived in Perugia where he is the parton saint – although I was familiar with his martydom (there is a huge stained glass window depicting his gory death in the cathedral there). Thanks for a lovely story. I would wish for Peace and Understanding among all the peoples of the world.

Lovely wish, Rosemary, and that’s one of my favorite nursery rhymes too

By: jen of a2eatwrite

jen of a2eatwrite — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:29:31 +0000

Um… isn’t today the 10th? It’s interesting to me that health isn’t one of the wishes and no wishes for family or the world? I guess those wouldn’t be in the top three. I would think health would be in the U.S. because that’s so often connected to wealth these days!

Indeed, Jen! This post was from 2008, when I wrote it the day after San Lorenzo (which, rest assured, is today the 10th)

.-= jen of a2eatwrite´s last blog ..We Are Family: A Wedding =-.

By: Lisa at Wanderlust Women

Lisa at Wanderlust Women — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:49:54 +0000

I always wish upon a falling star – often see more than one when hanging out on my favorite beach. They’re magical. I wish I could see one on an Italian beach now. LOL
Grazie per una storia

Wish well, Lisa

.-= Lisa at Wanderlust Women´s last blog ..Frugal Friday – One Tank Solo Hop from Sacramento to Frisco =-.

By: Nan

Nan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:46:25 +0000

My grandparents and I used to sit out on the patio after dinner in “pien’estate;” he would smoke his pipe and we would watch for falling stars. Making a wish, certainly…but now I do not remember for what. How distant that all seems now…but sweet memories.

Tonight, I will instead look for stars that fall into my “calice di stelle,” appropriated from San Lorenzo by Italian winemakers. I’m afraid it will be to light in the piazza in Mestre to spot falling stars in the sky…maybe on the walk back home?

What lovely memories indeed; I hope you do “catch” a star or two tonight

.-= Nan´s last blog ..Celebrating the wines of La Tuscia =-.

By: Grace @ Sandier Pastures

Grace @ Sandier Pastures — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:16:15 +0000

I have wished on a falling star. When I was 9 (I think), Haleys Comet (it's considered a star, right?) came and I made a wish...that I'll be able to ride on a plane and go to far places! Look where I landed! LOL! Hah, be careful what you wish for! .-= Grace @ Sandier Pastures´s last blog ..Kids Fashion Week Day 4: Surf’s Up! =-.