Update from Italy: Our Historic Amnesia
Day 22 of national quarantine, which was extended last night to April 12. The week before the Italian government decreed a national quarantine, I lifted
Day 22 of national quarantine, which was extended last night to April 12. The week before the Italian government decreed a national quarantine, I lifted
The weekend was sunny and bright. Springing forward on Satuday night revealed some incredible afternoon light in the corridoino (little hallway) on the north side
Eleanor (5) is dressed today in her Rapunzel costume, complete with long faux braid twined with silk flowers, blissfully unaware of the irony here on
My name is Monica; for those of you just joining, I live in Florence, Italy, with my husband and our two young children. We’ll all
If I weren’t writing these posts I would, by now, have lost all sense of time. If you are entering into a quarantine period, or
I turned a corner late yesterday and this morning. Farm wife is back, and staying busy. I cannot control what happens on this planet, but
I awoke this morning to the faint sound of some sort of aircraft over our roof, gently vibrating the window of our skylight. A Medivac?
Yesterday (Day 14) was a rough day in lockdown, plagued with anxiety and the jitters. Feeling helpless. Trapped. Stuck. At the mercy of pathogens and
Monday morning has melted into all days. This evening marks two weeks that all of Italy went into quarantine, nationwide. But our week is just
I’ll cover the news today in order of ascending filter. Inner news. I had a dream last night that Jason and I worked and worked