Devil’s Garden, Escalante

Escalante National Monument seems nearly deserted in comparison with its more famous siblings such as Bryce and Zion. But it’s worth the visit for gems such as the Devil’s Garden: 12 miles down a dirt road, you have your own private wonderland of arches, mushroom rocks, and slickrock to climb on.

Learn Italian in Song: E Penso a Te

And I Think of You

Lucio Battisti again. Ran across this on my iPod yesterday and realized I needed to translate it.

Io lavoro e penso a te
torno a casa e penso a te
le telefono
e intanto penso a teCome stai e penso a te
dove andiamo e penso a te
le sorrido abbasso gli occhi
e penso a te

Non so con chi adesso sei
non so che cosa fai
ma so di certo
a cosa stai pensando

E’ troppo grande la citta’
per due che come noi
non sperano
pero’ si stan cercando… cercando…

Scusa e’ tardi e penso a te
ti accompagno e penso a te
non son stato divertente e penso a te

Sono al buio e penso a te
chiudo gli occhi e penso a te
io non dormo e penso a te…….

I work, and think of you
Return home, and think of you
I call her,
and meanwhile think of you “How are you?” – and I think of you
“Where are we going?” – and I think of you
I smile at her, lower my eyes,
and think of you

I don’t know who you’re with now
I don’t know what you’re doing
But I know for certain
what you’re thinking of

The city is too large
for two like us
who don’t hope,
but are searching for each other… searching

“Sorry, it’ s late” – and I think of you
“I’ll take you home” – and I think of you
“I haven’t been fun” – and I think of you

I’m in the dark and I think of you
I close my eyes and think of you
I don’t sleep, and think of you

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