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A Little Time for Polly

“Pollyanna” just might be the best feel-good movie of all time. If not, it is dang close. I just loved Haley Mills’s cute little accent, the super-cool 60s chic outfits...

And, they say Americans

don’t have dialects! Boh! Think you know if you are an original Southern Belle or a tried and true Yankee? Well, so did I! (And, as it turns out –...

Love Thursday: A Man and his Harmonica

To say things have been hectic around my little hole in the boot would be an u-n-d-e-r-s-t-a-t-e-m-e-n-t We’re wrapping up a new Red Guide at RCC which means pulling all-nighter...

Gender Discrimination: Funny Things – Part II

I laughed out loud at the dinner table last week over something funny my Italian suocero said. Well, you may think the fact that I refer to him as my...

Unconscious Mutterings – Week 220

Found :: Lost; as in Lost and Found, but really then I just think of the show LOST, which I have never seen – not even once! Male :: Female!...

Love Thursday: One Year Ago Today

One year ago today I embarked on my Italian adventure. Well, actually, one year ago yesterday I “embarked”, but one year ago today I arrived! It is unbelievable a full...

Funny Things

Funny things happen all the time in Italy, and sometimes there are things Italians do or say that are just too amusing to keep to myself. I am not advanced...

My Yellow Pup …

You know, kids really do say the darnedest things, and my nephew Cole is no exception. Whether giving french fries to Jesus, or composing love songs for his latest crush,...

Love Thursday: Planning a Wedding

  It only seems appropriate that a post about wedding planning should coincide with Love Thursday. As you might remember, Peppe and I got engaged Americana-style last summer. We’re planning...

Un Giorno Bellissimo!

Don’t you just LOVE a good day? Yesterday was sooo good, in fact, that I am going to have to post about it today ’cause it just can’t wait til’...

Announcing…

For the first time in history, or well, in my memory, at least Almost Non-Stop Flights (you don’t really have to get off of the plane in Bologna) from Lamezia...

Easter in Italy…It is a Good Thing

Buona Pasqua e Pasquetta! After reflecting on past Easter holidays and reminscing on good times, I had begun to worry how this Easter would stack up. Of course, I am...
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