Of bread and sugar
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The only one of my posts that should come with a warning label: Don’t attempt to read while hungry
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Chronicling our return home from a year in Umbria and the preparations for our around-the-world journey.
The Joyful Gift Guide
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A Gift Guide with heart—sure to wow the Italy-lovers in your life, as well as supporting artists, makers, and farmers in Italy who have been impacted by the pandemic.
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Modernization and Mass Production are not the same thing
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How I gained a whole new appreciation for olive oil at Frantoio Filippi.
Read MoreWild Asparagus and Me
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How a single stalk of wild asparagus can be ever so much more than that.
Read MoreVillage-Schooled
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Our kids are getting an education the likes of which we dared not dream.
Read MoreAn Italian village, sucker-punched by COVID
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The pandemic hit Spello in ways I hadn’t imagined.
Read MoreWhat can I say?
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No, really. I find myself with writer’s block about how to tell you about our release from quarantine.
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Who said it would be easy?
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We 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 MoreChasing Open Borders
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The 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 MoreHow to Wait
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In which Nicolas, at age 14, writes about his misadventures on our Spello stoop.
Read MoreCrumpling the Map
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Everybody’s favorite pandemic has screwed us again. Here’s how we might emerge with a year intact, if…different.
Read MoreCoping with Quarantine
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You’ve heard the typical advice. Now read eight new ways to keep steady in an unsteady world.
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