This is the page of the Italian seismic authority showing all the recorded tremors since midnight last night for our area. Wherever it says “Perugia,” that means Norcia. The designation is by province and we are in the province of Perugia, but the lat/long 42.79, 13.12 is Norcia. Norcia is right down in the corner where three regions meet, so the places listed are a little misleading. If the epicentre is on the other side of the Marche border, it will be listed in a different province.

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What we’re doing while we wait for life to return to something like normal.

L-R, Wojciech Jaruzelski, head of the Polish communist govt’. John Paul II. Cardinal Casaroli. According to Chris Ferrara, Francis’ Prime Minister, Pietro Parolin (another formerly “conservative” weathervane,) has sold out the Catholic Church in China to the communist regime that wants them dead. Wait, that sentence wasn’t clear. I meant, Parolin has sold out the persecuted Catholics in China to the Chinese government, which is the particular communist regime that wants them dead to which I was referring.

Site stats for the month. I just commented on Twitter: I must say, the devastating earthquake has made for a nice break from the horrors of the Pope Francis Show. — Hilary White (@Hilarityjane66) August 30, 2016 Some of the townspeople have told me that they’ve seen me and some of my friends on Umbrian television news praying in the piazza. I don’t have a TV. ~

If this were the 13th century, the Bianconi family would be the feudal lords. They own four of the five hotels in Norcia, including one with a Michelin-star restaurant. All their employees are about the happiest people I’ve ever met. The other night, some friends and I splurged on a nice dinner in their fancy place, and the staff – waiting on no more than three tables – were bursting with pride in what they do so very, very well.

Good morning! Your morning aftershock today will be a 4.2! Screen cap by Emanuele Persiani, at ABC-online, Norcia And how was your night? ~

Look what you get from Google when you just put map coordinates and nothing else into the search. Interesting, eh? So, we were sitting around having some fun with geology. Big aftershock a few minutes ago, about 4.7 according to the Italian earthquake website, that went on for more than the usual two seconds, maybe 15 or 20 seconds. The house didn’t just rumble, it swayed rhythmically for what seemed like quite a while.

  A local agritourismo has kindly invited the monks to set up a temporary chapel in one of their refurbished buildings. It was hardly touched by the earthquake, and is very suitable, though of course quite small setting. The owners gave us a nice spread aafterwards of tea, coffee, juice and snacks, so it was really quite lovely, and like a bit of a reunion. Slowly life returns to normal.