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The Goodbye Days
Finding patience if not peace in my dog’s decline
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Psst, hey you, Italian language learners …
are you ready to up your game?
Dec 19, 2025
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Saints and Giants
From angelic paintings in Firenze to ribald frescoes in Mantova
Dec 18, 2025
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How Not to Expat
Jul 6, 2022
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How Not to Tourist, Part 3
Jul 24, 2025
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Do Not Pass Go
Oct 21, 2024
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Happiness Trains
Dec 10, 2024
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License to Drive, Italian Style
Oct 26, 2022
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How It Started and How It’s Going
May 2, 2024
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Six Characters in Search of Connection
The cast: four mantovani plus my friend and me. The setting: Mantova
Dec 4, 2025
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Season of Sweets
Color my world with kindness, and please pass the (Italian) chocolate
Nov 7, 2025
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Getting Real
I'm in Italy. I need to act like it.
Sep 22, 2025
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The Seven-Year Itch
Yes, it's a movie title, and yes, it can toss a romantic relationship onto the rocks. It's also a good name for cyclical wanderlust.
Aug 2, 2025
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How Not to Tourist, Part 3
In which my documentation of shitty, stupid tourist behavior continues, unfortunately
Jul 24, 2025
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Adventures in Italian Jurisdiction
Or, top lawyers take a stand at the Constitutional Court (and will again)
Jun 27, 2025
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Real Men Wear Dignitas
Language nuggets plucked from the pages of history
Jun 4, 2025
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I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
And by “friends” I mean humans, yes, but also art and natural beauty
Apr 29, 2025
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Italy, We Need to Talk
No offense, but your citizenship laws are a mess
Mar 31, 2025
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Italicus: a writer's life in Italy
On life in an Italian hill town, language, travel, writing, and books
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