Year: 2025
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Mom’s Homemade Pasta: A Sunday Tradition
Last night my Mom was making small maccheroni and orecchiette pasta for the Sunday lunch. Once again, I was close to the wooden countertop, enchanted, admiringing her precise simple gestures as I did when I was a child. I was glad my thought took strength from the fact that, even though years have passed since…
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The Cheerful Sounds of Birds in Spring
This morning some birds came to sing cheerfully to remind us of the arrival of Spring. According to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in his Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, “a man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not…
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Writing about the present history. What are the prospects for the future?
Time passes but the curiosity of a child, who wonders about what surrounds us, the nature of things and events is always alive and stimulated. Thoughts run very fast these days. They shoot at the speed of light. From my library, here it is a wide range of books, which have a common thread narrating…
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Exploring Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Deep Dive into Its Versions
Once again, for this first weekend of March we have some food for the mind and soul to offer. For those who love delving into the world of Shakespeare, today we may provide an interesting suggestion. “Hamlet” is a gripping book that deserves attentive reading. A series of versions (the First, the Second Hamlet and…
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Plop, plop, plop.. what’s in the pot?
I often return to childhood memories and time spent in our home just steps away from the beach. Indeed, I eagerly awaited the Summer holidays to run on the seashore, to jump the waves, to dive and splash around like a little duck until my fingers shriveled and the lips turned purple. It was great…
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Delicious Semlor: A Swedish Treat to Enjoy
We tasted the first semla many years ago in Sweden. Since then, whether we are in Sweden during this time of the year or in Italy, we can’t miss to have them as dessert to enjoy with family and friends too. This afternoon we baked delicious fluffy semlor. Now they are ready to be enjoyed.…
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