by DHales | Jun 23, 2018 | Books, Health, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Insetti
Insects
For centuries the Maremma, the western part of Tuscany, was notorious for gli insetti (insects). Its infamous marshes, which weren’t drained until the 20th century, were a breeding ground for mosquitoes that infected thousands of people — travelers...
by DHales | Jan 22, 2018 | Books, Education, Health, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Salute! To your health! Through most of my career as a journalist and author, I've written, not about Italian, but about health (la salute). In what I think of as my day job (il mio vero lavoro), I've authored 18 full-length and 10 brief editions of...
by DHales | Nov 26, 2017 | Books, culture, Health, Italy, Language, Science, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Cent’anni! Cento di questi giorni! A hundred years–and many more! This is a common birthday greeting in Italy, but for the residents (abitanti) of Acciaroli on the Cilento coast about 85 miles south of Naples, it’s not just a wish. One in ten (uno su dieci) of...
by DHales | Jul 1, 2017 | Books, Current Affairs, Health, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Insetti Insects In Italy as elsewhere, the least welcome of summer guests are gli insetti. For centuries the infamous marshes of the Maremma, the western part of Tuscany, were a breeding ground for mosquitoes that infected thousands of people — travelers as well...
by DHales | Jan 20, 2017 | Books, Health, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Un invito alla salute An Invitation to Health Through much of my career as a journalist and author, I've written about health (la salute). (Here's the latest edition of my college health textbook, An Invitation to Health.) Along the...
by DHales | Jan 16, 2017 | Books, Health, Italy, Language, Romance, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Crepacuore Heartbreak In English a heart “breaks” just like a dropped glass. Italian gives il cuore (the heart) a word of its own—spezzare—when it shatters into bits. The pain is like no other. “Mi piange il cuore,” a rejected or dejected lover may say. My heart...
