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A Guest Post from San Francisco, Italy

by Dianne Hales | Mar 24, 2020 | Books, books on Italy, coronavirus, culture, Current Affairs, Health, history, Italy, Language, Rome, San Francisco, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

These touching excerpts from my friend Sheila Pierce’s blog posts testify to the deep bond between Italy and the United States–especially the city named for St. Francis. by Sheila Pierce On the first morning of the coronavirus lockdown, San Francisco Bay...

New Italian Cinema in San Francisco

by DHales | Oct 24, 2017 | Books, culture, Film, Florence, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  Andiamo al cinema! Let’s go to the movies! A troupe of actors and escaped criminals shipwrecked on an island off Sardinia.  A sommelier who loses his “nose.”    A hairdresser named Fortunata (Lucky) struggling to create a new...

Once in a Red Moon in the Italian Language

by DHales | Aug 30, 2012 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Sports, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

luna rossa, luna blu  red moon, blue moon  “Che fai tu, luna, in ciel, dimmi, che fai?” the writer Giacomo Leopardi (1798 –1837) asked in one of his most famous poems. “What are you doing, moon, in the sky, tell me, what are you doing?” Every culture, from...
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