2023-01-11 13:21
Chaos and Sadness
As we entered the last days of 2022, we began preparations to leave Anghiari and return permanently to Hickory, North Carolina. By mid-December most of our fur… Read More
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Accouunt of adventures encountered in process of moving to Italy
2022-08-28 12:30
Along with the extensive history, natural beauty and art of Italy, the country is famous for its food. Stanley Tucci made a popular CNN series touting the deliciousness of Italian cuisine in… Read More
2022-07-24 13:31
This summer has brought exceptionally high temperatures to much of the world. Photos of dry, cracked earth and diminishing lakes and reservoirs provide visual evidence of the severity of the… Read More
2022-06-19 15:10
After much debate about the pros and cons of living in Italy versus living in America, we made the difficult decision to return to the states and our home in Hickory, North Carolina. There a… Read More
2022-05-26 09:21
The War in Ukraine as Seen from Italy
Part II
As I write this Russia has claimed victory in conquering the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on the Azov Sea. Several thousand Ukrainian c… Read More
2022-04-13 12:50
PART I
The War In Ukraine as seen from Italy
Europe Map
For many years I believed that my generation had “caught a wave.” We were kids in the 1950’s when playing ou… Read More
2022-03-06 11:50
Italy’s most beloved export may be neither olive oil nor wine, but the children’s story “The Adventures of Pinocchio,” the tale of a puppet who wanted to become a rea… Read More
2022-02-13 09:52
In 1385 the Florentine Republic granted Anghiari the right to hold a market every Wednesday. The grant was confirmed in 1502 and the market continues to this day regardless of season or weat… Read More
2022-01-01 14:35
We had been coming to Anghiari since 2019 but never spent the holiday season here. As non-residents we had been obligated to leave periodically and our times away always coincided with C… Read More
2021-12-01 10:05
Having just published my latest post, I see that once it is emailed, the same flaws that appeared in my last post still exist. That is, the title is not centered and captions are not placed… Read More
2021-12-01 09:53
When we were first looking at what would become our home in Italy, I was surprised to see that there was a bathroom just off the entryway–common enough in the U S but not necessari… Read More
2021-08-15 10:57
Act Two: Lurching About in Italy
Anyone who is a regular reader of this blog has followed the story of our adventures in relocating to Italy. It was not always an easy path, but ultimatel… Read More
2021-07-18 15:02
We left Fernandina Beach on July 11, 2019, our rental car loaded with luggage, dogs, and our weary selves. We had spent the morning chasing down the envelopes from the Miami Italian Consulat… Read More
2021-06-15 09:32
In the small town in which I grew up, there may have been pigeons but I was unaware of them. We certainly lacked the kind of presence seen in larger cities where flocks, or ‘kits&rsquo&hell…Read More
2021-05-23 17:24
Part II–World War II
A neighbor stopped by one day to chat with Terry and mentioned that when the municipality of Anghiari rebuilt after the damages of World War II, it was decided… Read More
2021-05-02 11:48
I wrote of the Scampanata in my last post, “Anghiari Through the Ages.” It is now May 2, 2021 and the latest Scampanta is scheduled for this month, though whether the Covid c… Read More
2021-04-06 13:44
Part I: 384 AD to 1920 AD
The ancient town of Anghiari sits on a spur of land elevated between two river valleys, that of the Tiber to our east, and to the west the valley of the Sov… Read More
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