An Italian village, sucker-punched by COVID
/The pandemic hit Spello in ways I hadn’t imagined.
Read MoreThe pandemic hit Spello in ways I hadn’t imagined.
Read MoreNo, really. I find myself with writer’s block about how to tell you about our release from quarantine.
Read MoreThe road has been brutal. This was the final hurdle.
Read MoreWe decided we’d swap our year around the world for a more pandemic-compliant year based in Spello and then the virus ground in deeper and the EU said, “thanks but no thanks.”
Read MoreThe book was going to be about how people open the day through breakfast, around the world. Now? It’s all about finding doors thrown open to welcome our family. So welcome to the working title of my next book.
Read MoreIn which Nicolas, at age 14, writes about his misadventures on our Spello stoop.
Read MoreEverybody’s favorite pandemic has screwed us again. Here’s how we might emerge with a year intact, if…different.
Read MoreYou’ve heard the typical advice. Now read eight new ways to keep steady in an unsteady world.
Read MoreWhere nature and beauty and foraging and deliciousness meet.
Read MoreReally hope planning the rest of this year abroad is not this challenging.
Read MoreWhat’s that thing God does when you make a plan? Oh, right, maniacal laughter ensues.
Read MoreWhat happened at the French Embassy. Spoiler alert. There were no pastries offered or eaten.
Read MoreWill our search for a Balkan destination lead us…out of the Balkans?
Read MoreWhy do we always go INTO the cold for Spring Break?
Read MoreWebsite for Michelle Damiani, author of Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, the funny and heartfelt memoir of an American family living in Spello, as well as Santa Lucia, a page-turner set on the Umbria border.
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