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Anne's Blog / Folklore

Umbria’s Pasquarelle: Singing in the Epiphany

January 1, 2021

January can be icy cold in Umbria but a month of warmth, too: the warmth of the locals celebrating January... View article

Assisi to Greccio: On the St. Francis Christmas Trail

December 14, 2020

Pino and I headed into Latium to the Franciscan sanctuary of Greccio on our first icy cold December day. We... View article

Olive Oil Stars in an Assisi Festival

November 4, 2020

November is the month of the olive oil harvest all over Italy – and this year,  it’s my month to... View article

Spello’s Olive Oil: That Umbria “Liquid Gold”

November 3, 2020

Umbria’s “liquid gold,” olive oil, is world-renowned and celebrated by the umbri in glorious festivals. These feste celebrate the olio nuovo  (the... View article

That Wine Mystique Splendor in Ancient Rome

October 15, 2020

My October 17, 2020 ZOOM presentation, “Italy’s Wine Mystique in History and Art”  included – logicamente! – an exploration of the... View article

Calendimaggio: Flinging Medieval Banners – with Passion

September 25, 2020

Flags and banners are integral to the celebration of Calendimaggio in Assisi and not just those representing the two districts,... View article

Flags Wave Over Assisi’s Calendimaggio: Literally

September 24, 2020

Preparing my September 26th hour-long ZOOM presentation “Assisi’s Calendimaggio:  From Roman Rites to Medieval Splendor” has been a challenge:  so... View article

Calendimaggio: See the Splendor, Live the Passion

September 22, 2020

Assisi’s glorious celebration of springtime, Calendimaggio, is above all una festa di amore, “a festival of love,” the love and... View article

That Culinary Mosaic of Sicily

August 18, 2020

What joy to do the research for my most recent ZOOM presentation, “Sicily’s Age-old Culinary Mosaic.”  Such fascinating new tidbits... View article

Italy’s Uplifting (Literally!) Pagan-Christian Rites

July 15, 2020

Treasures of Italy include the peninsula’s glorious festivals and in my ZOOM talk, “Italy’s Uplifting Pagan-Christian Rites,” you’ll live the... View article

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