Idle Minutes

I’ve noticed something about Italian cities.

They don’t have any glass in many of their windows!

I plead ignorance on this, but from what I’ve observed, their are a lot of windows that are just shuttered like the one you see here. This one apparently with shutters on the inside.

I wish my neighborhood was like this. Just fling open big ol’ shutters each morning with no worries about somebody invading your home. Come to think of it, I could probably do that here. The media has me thinking I can’t due to the constant reporting of home invasions and other alarming crimes.

But alas, I don’t have any big ol’ windows that are just shuttered. And my house isn’t an antique like this one. So I’ll just raise the glass sashes and “be American”.