If you frequent any of the expat sites, you’ll find a lot of talk about how Italian women seem to always be cleaning their houses. And, it’s true. I know a few women who seem to spend all of their time doing just that. They clean their house from top to bottom and, when that’s [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Pieces of Lamb
Just about every town in Italy has it’s special dish. Most of the time it’s shared with other towns in the area, but often each town has its own version of the same dish. That can make things interesting when it comes to trying to figure out a recipe for something you’ve tasted. Yes, you [...]
Hide and seek teeth
We’ve been playing hide and seek for six months now with Luigi’s molars. Every few weeks he gets the telltale rash, starts drooling to beat the band and gets irritable. But then, the symptoms disappear and still no molars. At his age, some kids already have molars and are even starting to get their canine [...]
Hazy
Right now I happen to be working on a large translation project whose due date is quickly approaching. It’s not even a particularly difficult project, but it seems to be taking me double the normal time. Lately, my powers of concentration have severely diminished. If it were spring I could understand. Such things often occur [...]
Kitchen space
When I came to Italy I was determined to make the best of it. Of course, I was also very optimistic about the future too. Love does that to people, I guess. Actually, it has been very refreshing living here. I find that the lifestyle is less materialistic. My life certainly is, anyway. I don’t [...]
