I’ve just finished Jhumpa Lahiri’s marvellous memoir about learning and living in Italian, a memoir she felt compelled to write in Italian (but which has been translated to English by Ann Goldstein who is best…
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I’m a bit preoccupied with our move this week (that’s the fountain on our new terrace, above), but I have a few posts ready to roll out here this week, and there will be a…
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Welcome to this Read-Along of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend. Never having attempted to host a read-along here before, I’m not sure how this project might evolve, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out together.…
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Last weekend, we had our two oldest g’daughters (7 and 3) sleep over, and then we’ve had the pleasure of the 7-year-old’s company for three full days this week, so that blogging time has been…
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One of my favourite photos from this past weekend, when we took the two oldest granddaughters to a Theatre Under the Stars production of Beauty and the Beast. The cousins recognised immediately that this was…
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