Category Archives: AROUND US

Italy still cracks me up

Posted on February 20, 2014 by The Daily Cure

I’ve been here—OK, we figured it out a couple posts ago—seventeen years. And in all that time, there are still things about this country that make me laugh out loud. Particularly when I compare them to their American equivalent. No, … Continue reading →

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Reposting: Bells du jour

Posted on February 18, 2014 by The Daily Cure

Sorry Everyone, I was having technical difficulties with the video. Have run it through YouTube and it seems to be working now. When I first moved to Italy seventeen (God, was it that many?) years ago, I noticed church bells … Continue reading →

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Bells du jour

Posted on February 18, 2014 by The Daily Cure

When I first moved to Italy seventeen (God, was it that many?) years ago, I noticed church bells all the time. They sounded exotic to me. Haunting. Indisputably beautiful. I never found them offensive or “polluting” or any of the … Continue reading →

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Of walking, webs, halos and sticks

Posted on December 31, 2013 by The Daily Cure

Dear You and You and You and You and You… Today has been a day full of the oddest, end-of-the-year joy. Just happiness like that: Boom. As if a massive house-cleaning took place and suddenly it all feels sort of … Continue reading →

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Fall triptych

Posted on October 18, 2013 by The Daily Cure

This morning as I walked,  I was taken by surprise. A deafening orchestra of birds overhead. Thousands of them. Hidden among leaves and branches, they were invisible, until they took flight as one, beating the air and leaving nothing but … Continue reading →

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Go-see

Posted on October 16, 2013 by The Daily Cure

Milan’s a fashion town. I didn’t have to tell you that, but I thought I’d start by stating the obvious. If anyone comes here, somehow miraculously unaware that this is indeed the case, he or she will soon figure it … Continue reading →

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Hydrangeas and books

Posted on September 28, 2013 by The Daily Cure

The skies are blah today—opaque, not giving away their secrets. The air, though still warmish, sports the first twinges of cold. People bend a bit more into their tasks, irretrievably committed to their autumnal routines of work and school, with the next … Continue reading →

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Boy you gotta carry that weight

Posted on September 20, 2013 by The Daily Cure

I don’t know if it’s the sucky economy and the do-nothing-about-it-Italian government or the fact that it’s Friday and it’s been one helluva long week or if it’s just that I’m sort of tired in an autumnal, why-did-summer-have-to-end way. But … Continue reading →

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Come fly with me

Posted on September 19, 2013 by The Daily Cure

When I started this blog, I included a category called “Transitions.” The idea was to write every time we went back and forth between Italy and France. The passage through the Alps is always stunning and serves, really and metaphorically, … Continue reading →

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An Island of Elba “Wish You Were Here”

Posted on September 1, 2013 by The Daily Cure

The last achingly beautiful breath of summer just whispered in my ear.

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