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 | 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...
