- Italy is no longer Italian
Yet Google Translate is required to parse the new “marauders,”
and that appellation leaves open the question, who does it fit?
30 Saturday Mar 2019
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Yet Google Translate is required to parse the new “marauders,”
and that appellation leaves open the question, who does it fit?
29 Friday Mar 2019
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28 Thursday Mar 2019
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My heart forbids iPhone to enshrine the crime.
(On a memory card, vandals are stymied for all time.)
28 Thursday Mar 2019
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27 Wednesday Mar 2019
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As the lady checked us out at passport control,
she could not help counting up our entry stamps.
“You must really like Italy,” she invited us to intone
the glories of touring and the grandure that is Rome.
Umbria, it turned out, may have surprised her a bit.
Spoleto, without doubt, put her expectations to rout.
11 Thursday Oct 2018
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11 Thursday Oct 2018
Posted in Food
After Mirella provided the recipe,
We made her minestrone at home.
Our version fell short of perfection.
So next trip she’s promised lessons.
11 Thursday Oct 2018
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The eating begins at 15:00 and doesn’t end until the day is done.
(In case you’re calculating, that’s nine hours of non-stop stuff.)
Of course a universal truth is observed: the bride is beautiful
And the guests of honor are delighted to witness the nuptials.
10 Wednesday Oct 2018
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09 Tuesday Oct 2018