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cherylaossola
Jan 31, 20221 min read
There's a new book site in town
Who doesn't love a good book recommendation? Word of mouth is a great way to discover books, and lots of people enjoy wandering around on...
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cherylaossola
Sep 21, 20216 min read
Absolutely nowhere near the Tuscan sun
A Comedy of Errors, Perugia Style, or, Have a Laugh at My Expense It's Fine No Really This overly long story begins, as so many do, in...
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cherylaossola
Sep 18, 20213 min read
Finding family in Lombardia and Liguria
After two weeks bouncing around Lombardia and Liguria doing genealogical research, I'm home in Perugia, my head spinning with names and...
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cherylaossola
Sep 8, 20202 min read
Down the Research Rabbit Hole
The genealogy research rabbit hole, to be precise. I have four lines of Italian ancestors to continue discovering, and the one that has...
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cherylaossola
Aug 25, 20202 min read
Martino, cat about town
Meet Martino, a strawberry blond beauty who's been roaming the borgo (neighborhood) for seven years. He's my neighbor, and he's...
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cherylaossola
Jun 29, 20202 min read
A Tale of Two (or More) Frescoes
I bought a house recently. It's the parish house in a 15th-century church complex in Perugia, and its history is one reason I couldn't...
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cherylaossola
Mar 15, 20204 min read
#iorestoacasa day 5: seeing what I say
Most writers know the oft-cited nugget attributed to E.M. Forster, “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” I totally agree,...
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cherylaossola
Mar 13, 20203 min read
Social distancing and mind games
In locked-down Italy, one activity that’s permitted is dog walking, so every morning I venture out as usual to give Aria time to play...
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cherylaossola
Mar 13, 20201 min read
Life during a pandemic
#iorestoacasa in Umbria day 2: take dog on walk, during which she covers herself in shit (likely not canine); wash down dog with fountain...
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cherylaossola
Jan 23, 20201 min read
Good neighbors
Happiness is making ribollita (a Tuscan soup) and finding out, when you go to open a big can of tomatoes, that you don't own a can opener...
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cherylaossola
Jan 10, 20201 min read
Updates from a lame PR person (me)
I am the worse at self-promotion, so I'm late to my own PR party in posting these links. Recently I had the good fortune to be...
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cherylaossola
Aug 1, 20191 min read
Morning at the piazza
Nice to be back in the ‘hood after a week away in hospital. A cool breeze announces a shift in the weather—today will bring welcome rain....
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cherylaossola
May 1, 20191 min read
Ghost orchard
Before the 1920s, the town of Manzanar—which means "apple orchard" in Spanish— was a place of abundance. Founded in 1910 in the high...
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cherylaossola
Apr 18, 20192 min read
Hiding places
When I was a kid, we'd visit my grandparents most summers. Their house, a white Victorian in the Italian section of Syracuse, New York,...
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cherylaossola
Apr 18, 20194 min read
The unexpected part of living in Italy
I’ve been living in Italy for just under a year, and it’s been a time of huge transitions, some expected, some not. I’ve found certain...
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cherylaossola
Apr 17, 20191 min read
Chapter 1, live!
The Other Stories is a fun trove of readings and interviews from the not-super-well-known author pool—and yeah, that includes me. Kudos...
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cherylaossola
Apr 12, 20191 min read
House of buried memories
In THE WILD IMPOSSIBILITY, Kira turns to her family's past as she tries to understand the bizarre dreams and visions she's having. The...
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cherylaossola
Apr 4, 20191 min read
Secrets
Secrets. We all have them, if not entire truths then fragments or details. Adults sometimes regard secrets as shameful or embarrassing,...
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cherylaossola
Mar 28, 20191 min read
A snapshot of Italy
A few images of Perugia, Lago Trasimeno, and Assisi
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