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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 01/21/2021 - 08:11
Years ago, when I was still reading aloud to my sons, we were deep into the Harry Potter books. After finishing the iconic chapter describing Harry’s first…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 01/07/2021 - 10:30
In our family, we ski mainly to eat. And, judging by the hordes of people elbowing themselves into the buffet line come 1pm in every rifugio (Alpine lodge) in…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 11/12/2020 - 08:17
My first years in Italy were spent in Rome and rural Umbria, two areas of the Bel Paese in which swearing is a bit of a competitive sport and the threshold for…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 10/22/2020 - 04:22
Time may be relative, but 2020 has stretched, condensed, and emptied it of meaning like no other year. Months feel like years, days fly by in what seem like…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 10/01/2020 - 04:25
Of all the adventures that await in Italy, from climbing Renaissance-era bell towers to sampling authentic Neapolitan pizza, perhaps none is more thrilling (or…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 09/17/2020 - 06:53
There is something almost Buddhist about beginning to speak a second language. With a limited grasp of verb tenses, you are neither caught in the past nor…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 09/03/2020 - 04:58
Of all the adventures that await in Italy, from climbing Renaissance-era bell towers to sampling authentic Neapolitan pizza, perhaps none is more thrilling (or…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 08/13/2020 - 08:47
Once I was interviewed for a podcast, and when I heard the episode air a few days later, I was so impressed! I sounded like the most articulate, informed,…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 07/30/2020 - 11:10
In a recent speech, Italy’s Health Minister Roberto Speranza shared his belief that the first half of 2020 has been the most difficult in the history of the…
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by rebeccawinke | Thu, 07/16/2020 - 08:36
In normal years, summer is a season of congratulations. Weddings abound, graduations fill up our weekend calendars, and the annual “baby boom” of summer…