Narrations, anecdotes, short stories, and cuisine, of a lesser known Italy
Most used word of 2020 Quarantine meaning is easy to guess for Italians—this is where it originated—and for Spanish-speaking people as well, but maybe not for all others. The word quarantine comes from “quarantena,” a variant of the Italian quaranta giorni, meaning “forty days“, used in 14th-15th-century Venetian dialect and designating a period of isolation as a preventive measure against […]
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Italy is on its 3rd week of FULL STOP, and going! For as bad as this Virus is there is a silver lining to it: In Fact In just a few days we have solved the problem of traffic, pollution, food waste, gambling addiction, and the invasion of migrants. Italians in the near future will […]
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Now on our third week of quarantine, or sheltering in place, whatever way we want to call it. I am a compliant type of person, I do what’s needs to be done. Besides, we are also animals of habit. Eventually, we embrace this forced routine too. Yesterday I ventured out, a little further than my supermarket […]
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Sometimes I think that when I write about what is happening now it implies the very high risk of venturing—maybe even getting lost—into mediocrity! Rhetoric on good feelings and good intentions. I’m not sure I’m able to elude the sticky seduction. So far I avoided giving away the “What to Do”, and the “Lists of […]
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Day 1️⃣3️⃣ of self-isolation. Positivity is starting to fade. I said all can be said about the sorrow state of affairs. I slowly came to terms that I need to observe even more restrictions. I observed… There is music on my window for the lone passerby. But nothing helps. My actions sound so mediocre. Despite […]
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Every day is a day of getting to terms with the situation that is now hitting all the world. We are on our second week of full quarantine. Every day, I take my temperature and check the numbers on the WHO page. I used to gasp at the crescendo of cases in Italy, now I […]
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These past weeks I felt a little bit like Cassandra, daughter of the King of Troy, Priam, condemned to never be believed. I kept telling my USA friends to cancel their trips, and starting to plan to stay home. This virus would get there too. And fast! I always added. But even in my worst-case scenario I […]
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