Anne's Blog / Rural Friends

Novella and Assisi Springtime

March 28, 2019

It’s all backwards here in March this year: the month came IN like a lamb and is moving out like... View article

February 25, 2019

Gina and Mike, Byron and Melinda, mille grazie for having brought such a lovely group along with you for a stay... View article

January 23, 2019

Actor Willem Dafoe’s comment about the Van Gogh film “At Eternity’s Gate” (at the Golden Globe awards) struck me: “It... View article

January 18, 2019

It was an icy January day outside but warmth enveloped in Peppa’s house. And it wasn’t just the warmth of... View article

December 18, 2018

Even the torrone – Christmas nougat – closing our mid-December Christmastime feast with a sweet note, was homemade. A Nello... View article

November 30, 2018

Groveling black pigs, sprouting saffron, the harvesting of mountain grapes and a banquet lunch turned an October outing with our... View article

November 16, 2018

First stop on our return from the olive oil mill with our just-pressed oil? At Peppa’s to let her judge... View article

November 9, 2018

“Ho trovato funghi ieri. Venite a mangiarli!” (“I found mushrooms yesterday. Come eat them!”) Peppa chortled over the phone. How... View article

October 15, 2018

We often eat at Peppa’s. Every meal is always an Umbrian rural feast, and although she’ll invite us over for... View article

August 27, 2018

Years ago, Salvatore, dear friend from Naples, cooked me this pasta dish and it was always a hit in my U.S.... View article

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