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The life of KC, a thirtysomething American expat living in southern Italy.
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Update
I've been neglecting the blog, and I apologize for that. I haven't felt much like writing because I've been in a funk, and I've been very busy too, working on several winter and holiday sewing projects. I will be posting more regularly, but at a redu...
October, Campo di Pere
Some photos I took at Campo di Pere earlier in the month, when we went up there to check on our olives:Olive treesOlivesPataView towards Gaeta (the promontory at left on the far side of the bay)View of Sessa Aurunca...
La Dolce Attesa
I didn't write very much about the medical care I received while pregnant here, other than a couple of posts about my condescending and inflexible doctor and a particularly absurd episode in obtaining and paying for a ticket (something like a referra...
Macchina! Macchina!*
That was Pata's response when we asked her if she wanted to see a classic car show in Sessa (really nothing more than a bunch of old cars driving up the Corso and parking in Piazza Mercato) last Sunday morning.Classic car traffic jam in Piazza Mercat...
Parking Lot Garden
Because it's not enough that there are already too few parking spots.Parallel parking for cars, motorcycles and plants Note that the way in which the terracotta pots on the right have been placed (in an attempt to claim as much space as possible) has...
Sciopero dei Blogger
Adesione all’appello di Diritto alle Rete contro il DDl Alfano che imbavaglia la Internet italiana....
Not a good year for figs
So far this season, I've eaten well over a hundred figs, picked from numerous trees in a few different locations, and I have to say that I'm not impressed. Among them all, perhaps two or three were excellent, about half were passable, and the rest we...
Same excrement, different day
I haven't written about this sooner because it makes me so angry that I prefer not to think about it, but sometimes it's hard to avoid, especially in the summer.N and I have some agricultural land right outside the town walls. It's part of a lot that...
An Improvement
Sometimes you open your door to find a hideous pink basket on the landing. Other times, it's a half-dried sausage. And every now and then you find something much better. Much, much better:Basket of figsProps to the aunt....
Stambergo Strillante
The Shrieking Shack (from Harry Potter) is called "La Stamberga Strillante" in Italian, and the first time I heard it, stamberga seemed to my anglophone mind a rather imposing word for what a shack is. I'd been repeating it in my head, the way I do ...
Justice, (or pettiness?)
I left out an episode from the intercom saga because it was already too long, but something happened last Sunday that, while an amusing anecdote on its own, becomes much funnier (and more satisfying) if you know the earlier story.One hot day last Aug...
Sessa Saturday: Cherries
Cherries at Campo di PereThis week, I thought I'd do something different for Sessa Saturday because I've spent the last several days eating, baking and preserving cherries, all of which were picked at Campo di Pere.Sessa Aurunca from Campo di Pere, M...
Something happened, and hypocrisy
On Saturday we went to Roccamonfina, a nearby town I first wrote about here. There's a shady, green park right in the center of town that is perfect for a passeggiata on a hot day. Sessa has a small park, but it isn't nearly as clean or well-kept. Ev...
Death of a Sausage
"I'm throwing out this sausage," N said, indicating it with the knife he had just used to cut off a slice."Why?" I asked. Even though I could imagine the reason, I wanted the details so I could post them here."It has a strange taste." And with that, ...
The Intercom
Buzz. Buzz. Someone is at the front door wanting to be let in. It's the tenth time today and it's not even noon. And we already know that it's not for us.Three years ago, N's brother converted the attic story of our house into an apartment that he an...
Recycling
Some of what I was working on while I was away:This outfit for Pata was once a pair of women's trousers.These trousers were once leftover scraps from a playmat I made for her last year.These jeans were once second-hand overalls I bought planning to m...
The Sausage
N's aunt recently gave us a sausage that was in the process of drying. "This sausage is drying," N said as he brought it into the kitchen. "Don't put it in the refrigerator.""Where should we put it?"He paused. It wasn't the first time I'd asked that ...
How not to deliver the mail
Easy
Age before beauty?
Olive Oil Imbroglio
Complimenti
Keep it to yourself
Salute!
Customer service
Babes at the beach
Ciak, si mangia!
Tropea, Calabria
Mean streets
More talk about the weather
