One of my old friends, a Sicilian aristocrat, Giuseppe, Prince of Lampedusa, who was a fine writer, is mostly famous for a great novel which some consider a kind of epic story, sometimes compared to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind or to Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.

I met him in London, many years ago, when his uncle was Italian ambassador there.

In his novel,” Il Gattopardo” (The Leopard) he wrote:

“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change”

Of course in a totally different context, I dare to quote him, because what I learnt from him was one of the reasons for changing my look, willing to remain even more myself

I confess to you that I feel much better now and the closest friends, who have seen me, congratulated me for my slightly more fashionable style.

At the same time I’m always your devoted Violet Bear and I’ll be grateful if you’ll keep on following my adventures as you have done so far.