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#50 Good Italy - Bad Italy
People often ask me what it's like living in Sicily. And I struggle to find the right way to describe it. Life in Italy is complicated…
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#79 The trials of raising a bilingual child in small-town Italy
I'm raising my child to speak English in Italy, not just anywhere in Italy but, to be precise, in a small town in Sicily. Which has been a challenge to…
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#78 Superstitions, folktales and incantations from Sicily
The unofficial religion of Sicily is superstition and folk wisdom. Under the surface of established religion in Sicily, there is an ancient faith which…
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#19 Hands up if you are a workaholic
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#40 Not good with Mother’s Day
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#55 How to explore Sicilian towns
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#22 Fichi d’india
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#2 Drawn to Sicily
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#77 All Souls, i morti and other things to do with death
Making friends with death: part 4
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#76 Thoughts about San Martino and the blessings he brings
November is a beautiful time of the year; the garden and the plate are slowly transforming …
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#75 All souls, i morti and other things to do with death
Making friends with death: part 3
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#74 All Soul's, i morti and other things to do with death
Making friends with death: part 2
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#73 All Soul's, i morti and other things to do with death
I am writing several posts about Sicilian’s supersitions and beliefs surrounding mortality. I thought talking about such a dark subject would be rather…
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#72 Patron Saint Celebrations in Sicily
Since we've celebrated two deeply religious holidays in Italy this week, I thought I might dedicate some time to discussing the importance of patron…
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#71 Seraphim
Recently, I was revising a poem I'd written many years ago, reflecting human nature and language. The images in the poem led me to recall a fascinating…
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