Category Archives: English

A Tale of Two Italian Cities

Posted on January 13, 2022 by babbityjean

Appearing within a week of each other in late 2021, two articles in the New York Times featured the Italian cities of Brescia in the Lombardy region and Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region.  Each city was highlighted for its different … Continue reading →

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Lina Wertmüller (in English)

Posted on January 6, 2022 by babbityjean

Born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich in Rome in 1928, the famous Italian film director Lina Wertmüller came from a devout Catholic family of distant Swiss descent on her father’s side.  She called her childhood “an … Continue reading →

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The Fig

Posted on December 23, 2021 by babbityjean

It is believed that the fig dates back more than 11,000 years and was the first crop cultivated by humans, a millennium before wheat or legumes.  The fig appears throughout the Bible beginning with Adam and Eve, who used fig … Continue reading →

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