Anne's Blog / Festivals

Santa Rita’s Red Roses – Always

May 23, 2020

On May 22nd, the feast of the beloved 15th-c. Umbrian saint, Santa Rita di Cascia, I always take red roses... View article

May 6, 2020

May 5th, our second day of “liberation” from that full lockdown which has kept us all at home since March... View article

April 28, 2020

No glorious Corsa dei Ceri in Gubbio on May 15th, 2020. Annulled. Only three times in history has Gubbio’s Corsa... View article

April 14, 2020

Italy’s RAI TV news programs on Easter Monday reported cars on the autostrade stopped by police, irresponsible Italians being heavily... View article

April 11, 2020

On Holy Saturday afternoon this year, Peppa and all our rural friends can’t take their baskets of Easter goodness to... View article

April 5, 2020

On Palm Sunday, even our goats had a celebratory treat: instead of just their usual hay, also some fresh grass.... View article

March 9, 2020

The mimosa bunches on our table remain, a memento of our March 8th Festa delle Donne lunch cooked by Pino... View article

February 19, 2020

Just after Valentine’s Day, over one hundred engaged couples – each woman holding a rose – celebrated their love in... View article

January 31, 2020

On January 29th – the Feast of San Costanzo (Perugia’s first bishop and one of the town’s three patron saints)... View article

January 15, 2020

Pino and I were grateful for invitations to the annual mid-December Assisi Christmas concert in the upper level of the... View article

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