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Americas January 4, 2019

“So, have you been to the cemetery yet?” One of our Buenos Aires contacts asked. The question surprised me. I’m not used to thinking of...

Weird, Weatherer World

Americas December 30, 2018

This morning I was woken by the sound of the sky being ripped apart in a violent struggle involving cosmic bazookas. I won’t say...

Buenos Aires: Five Strange Things

Americas December 23, 2018

We left Turin before dawn in a thick fog, Christmas lights gleaming blurrily from a few balconies. Fourteen hours later, we were standing in...

The Pleasure Palace of Venaria

Garden December 12, 2018

'Sweet boy,' she says, 'this night I'll waste in sorrow, For my sick heart commands mine eyes to watch. Tell me, Love's master, shall we meet...

Turin’s Touristy Treasures

Italy December 6, 2018

Turin is such a subdued, unassuming city that it's easy to forget its touristy side. But there is a world to see here --...

Alba: Truffle Town

Italy November 22, 2018

Walking into a reputable enoteca in Castiglione Falletto, I noticed a strange odor and initially assumed a bottle of wine must have burst and...

Grape Lore in the Langhe

Italy November 19, 2018

When a dear friend from New Zealand showed up for a visit in Turin last week, we were naturally delighted. How much more delighted...

Teaching the Kuwaiti Officer Corps

Memoir November 12, 2018

Candid classroom conversations with students on an undisclosed army base in Kuwait. Crazy Khalid “Guys! Listen! Hey!” Ten minutes into English class and the talking (in...

Child’s Play in Kuwait

Memoir November 10, 2018

When we lived in Kuwait, I taught in the mornings but my afternoons were free. Since there are limited amusements in that dust-bath of...

Riddles and Roods in Vercelli

Italy February 24, 2021

I saw four fair creatures travelling together. Dark were their tracks, the path very black. Swift was their motion, faster than fowl they flew through the air, dove...

The Joanna-of-Naples Cure

History November 3, 2018

I don’t know about you but reading about antique hardships really warms my heart. It’s not Schadenfreude exactly; the pleasure comes not from the...

Witchery in Piedmont

History November 1, 2018

Seeing gleeful clots of tiny vampires and witches at a Turin mall tonight, I was pleased to see the local youth honoring its patrimony....

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