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A View from Carmine Superiore

A View from Carmine Superiore

http://www.carminesuperiore.blogspot.com

Tales from the tiny medieval village of Carmine Superiore, perched high on a hill overlooking Italy's stunning Lago Maggiore. The author, an English expat, is a sometime professional writer and a full-time amateur mother-of-two.

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  • Autumn in Piemonte No. 3

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 15:40 in images, Autumn, flora and fauna, verbania

    A magnificent warm-in-the-sun morning. A lovely breakfast-in-the-churchyard morning. A wonderful ... oh dear, mackerel sky morning. An overcast and cold afternoon. A rainy evening.Three sisters, Verbania Pallanza....

  • Firewood

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 05:03 in images, Autumn

    Eight degrees at eight-thirty. Weather much as yesterday with the addition of puddles from last night's rain."Chop all this into matchsticks by morning, miller's daughter, and you shall be queen."Where's Rumplestiltskin when you need him?...

  • Remember, remember

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 05:01 in days of the year

    Chilly and damp. Overcast.Remember, rememberThe fifth of NovemberGunpowder, treason and plotI see no reasonWhy gunpowder and treasonEver should be forgot.No vast autumn bonfires here tonight. No magical boxes of Standard Fireworks, all red and purple...

  • A minute for Madeleine/Dedica un minuto per Madeleine

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 14:46 in In the News, louise's miscellany

    Nine degrees at 8:30am. Every leaf, every twig, every shaggy dog, every child's hat, every cat's ear, every piode, every petal. Everything is dripping. And in the hills not so far above us, it's not dripping but snowing. Please take one minute of you...

  • Autumn in Piemonte No. 2

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 06:43 in images, switzerland, Autumn, piemonte life, talking about the weather, cannobio

    A magnificent day! We started with 7° at 8:30 and by 12:30, the temperature had soared to 26°. Dry. Azure skies. Changing colours all around.First snowfall on the nearest of the Swiss Alps, 14th October.Seen from CannobioThe first snow quickly melt...

  • All Souls

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 01:32 in Autumn, mother and child

    All Souls has turned out grey, misty and dribbling mournful rain. The children are sick. The cats are sick. The chickens are moulting and definitely look sick. Oh yes, and Mama is sick. And we're now into our fourth week of continuous sickness, and I...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.87 out of a possible 5 based on 15 comments.

radubalint

5 stars Radu balint

beautiful blog!I love Italy.Keep up the great work.

Posted: April 29th, 2009 | More Reviews From radubalint | Report This Comment

jewelryrevelations

5 stars Diane

Great images and content on this site!

Posted: April 21st, 2009 | More Reviews From jewelryrevelations | Report This Comment

casadolcetto

5 stars adrian

Lovely writing, a true snapshot of rural Italy...well done!

Posted: March 9th, 2009 | More Reviews From casadolcetto | Report This Comment

GutsyWriter

5 stars Sonia Marsh

Louise always has an interesting observation.

Posted: March 6th, 2009 | More Reviews From GutsyWriter | Report This Comment

virgillaart

5 stars Virgilla Lammons

I love Italy, and this blog is very interesting......

Posted: December 27th, 2008 | More Reviews From virgillaart | Report This Comment

ayouthofvalour

4 stars mastersofseo

Very unique type of blog, your story is fascinating.

Posted: November 3rd, 2008 | More Reviews From ayouthofvalour | Report This Comment

7masterheathen

5 stars Kelly

I really enjoyed the personal stories on your blog, concerning life in Carmine. The way you write each post engages the reader and really draws them in. Keep up the great work.

Posted: November 3rd, 2008 | More Reviews From 7masterheathen | Report This Comment

wastedlola

5 stars Lola

very interesting blog, should be made into a film, just a quick glance in enough to reveal its depth, now off for a longer read.

Posted: November 3rd, 2008 | More Reviews From wastedlola | Report This Comment

Arcticulates

5 stars Arcticulates

Wow! What an awesome blog!

I am so glad I stopped by there today!

One of the things on my to do list is to visit Italy! And I am going to be a follower of this blog, because it will prepare me for a future visit there. I have found it is always better to get first hand information from someone that lives in a area I want to visit. :)

I enjoyed your adventurous story of the missing passport!

I enjoyed my visit. Great Blog! Fantastic writer!
~K

Posted: October 31st, 2008 | More Reviews From Arcticulates | Report This Comment

buddhaofhollywood

5 stars buddha

Fantastic blog for anybody that loves Italy!
I'm looking forward to come and visit you Louise!

Posted: October 31st, 2008 | More Reviews From buddhaofhollywood | Report This Comment

gloriaboone

4 stars Gloria de Gaston Boone

How do you make a living? Living in a place like that is very appealing...but how would I eat? And have shelter?

Posted: October 30th, 2008 | More Reviews From gloriaboone | Report This Comment

JackMandora

5 stars Jacqueline Smith

Rural Italy pictured in words and photos. Lots about life anywhere. Lovely.

Posted: October 17th, 2008 | More Reviews From JackMandora | Report This Comment

dnor

5 stars Désirée

This is such interesting blog. I love going here and read. It is relaxing and comforting read, without being cute. I'm not sure how describe it right.

Posted: September 7th, 2008 | More Reviews From dnor | Report This Comment

BennyGreenberg

5 stars Benny Greenberg

This is really a good read. Life from a perspective that most of us do not have...

Ben

Posted: May 22nd, 2008 | More Reviews From BennyGreenberg | Report This Comment

EricPaul

5 stars Eric Paul

Touching, beautifully written and full of a perspective I feel that I understand but don't relate to.
Truly a fantastic reading experience!
Thank you!

Posted: March 28th, 2008 | More Reviews From EricPaul | Report This Comment

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