by DHales | Oct 22, 2018 | Books, culture, Education, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Ten Reasons Why I Still Love Italian Almost a decade ago, in the first chapter of La Bella Lingua, I confessed to being an inammorata,“enchanted by Italian, fascinated by its story and its stories, tantalized by its adventures, addicted to its sound, and...
by DHales | Jul 28, 2015 | Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me about Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love by Joseph Luzzi Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, mi ritrovai per una selva oscura In the middle of our life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood. "So...
by DHales | Jun 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a continuing series based on articles from the informative audio magazine TUTTO ITALIANO, this post highlights a phenomenon close to the hearts of lovers of la bella lingua: Dantemania: Evviva la Dantemania! Hurrah for Dantemania! Dante Alighieri is...
by DHales | May 15, 2015 | Books, culture, Education, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Viva Dante! Some 750 years after Dante Alighieri's birth, his words live, not just in Italian literature, but in everyday conversations. A taxi driver in Rome sums up the frenetic bustle of the city in peak tourist season as a bolgia infernale, using Dante’s...
by DHales | May 11, 2015 | art, Books, culture, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Italy is celebrating the 750th anniversary of the great poet's birth with readings, conferences, films, even a theatrical production starring a hologram of the father of the Italian language (il padre della lingua italiana). I will be paying tribute in several...
