Anne's Blog / Rural Friends

Near Deruta, Giuseppa Opens Home and Heart

September 16, 2019

There’s no doubt about it: Giuseppa opens her heart as well as her home to us as she serves up... View article

August 20, 2019

How to refuse when Peppa calls us to ask, “Ho fatto gnocchi oggi. Venite a cena? (“I made gnocchi today... View article

August 7, 2019

On an August Saturday night, groups of musicians and singers filled the Bolsena piazzas and wandered down the town’s winding... View article

August 2, 2019

From late spring to late fall, revel in the Umbria countryside in one of our Assisi-area apartments…..and while here join... View article

July 23, 2019

“Ospedaletto” literally means “a small place offering hospitality” – and in fact, the ospedale in the Middle Ages gave rest, respite,... View article

April 24, 2019

Keegan and Francesca missed the traditional Holy Saturday blessing of their Easter cheese bread – but the one they brought... View article

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

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