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Assisi Safari
01 Wednesday Oct 2014
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Category Archives: Travel
Hilltowns Like White Elephants
01 Wednesday Oct 2014
Posted in Travel
From the train stations in the valley,
The hilltowns, above all Trevi & Assisi,
Rise impregnable, like white elephants.
From several kilometers away, easily,
There’s no telling where you will dally;
What Roman gods you’ll find supplanted.
Picture show in development.
Post Prandial
26 Friday Sep 2014
With shallots and balsamic vinegar,
this recipe, my wife tells me,
is positively fool-proof.
Having fixed it to perfection,
I suppose I’ve been told
What that makes me.
What a Tasty Evening Meal?
26 Friday Sep 2014
Posted in Food
After the busy morning, grocery shopping, and a late lunch
The native call for a respite of sleep hit like a sucker punch.
Then returning to our separate journal & blog, scraps & pen,
We finish up the afternoon as the shadows and clouds move in.
To the pork-chop special that we picked up at the supermercato,
Simplicity adds caramelized shallots and a balsamic glaze. Perfetto?
News at 11:00pm
Another Italian Lesson
25 Thursday Sep 2014
Strangozzi, along with the archetypal nonna who makes the pasta, are both stories for another time.
Tonight, we have been busy reading the wrapper that surrounds those stories:
“il tuo negozio di fiducia”
Article / pronoun / noun / of <the unknown>
First part makes for a somewhat odd construction,
but all languages have their quirks and idioms.
il negozio = the store, shop (recognizably in the neighborhood of negotiate)
il tuo negozio = your store, shop
la fiducia = trust, confidence (recognizably from the Latin fides, as in faith)
But when you put it all together, interestingly,
the Italian comes out as “your local store.”
Most apt: so decidedly friendly, this locality.
You could hear a pen drop
25 Thursday Sep 2014
Posted in Travel
straight on the point:
the way town folk smile
to know we’re here for a while.
Would you believe …?
24 Wednesday Sep 2014
Posted in Travel
A Repertoire (but not a Kitchenette) Grows
22 Monday Sep 2014
Posted in Food
Never been much in the way of a vegetarian.
But I could live on a diet of Castelluccian lentils,
With a side order of melone (wrapped in prosciutto).
Truth be told, as I said, not a real vegetarian after all.
Species: Mercedes, Genus: Yugo (as promised)
22 Monday Sep 2014
Posted in Travel
Post Waits for Slow Inscriptor
22 Monday Sep 2014
Posted in Travel
What these icons said in Norcia:
“My kind of town,” the twin brother said. “My kind of town.”
“Permit me to direct you to a place around the corner, where the checked tablecloths suit your style.”
“Forgive me,” the saucier said, “for being such a boar.”
