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...
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...
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...
