Wine and truffles – a local event

Now, if I had gone to this morning's event on Vini da Tartufo, I'd probably know what I was talking about. I might even have taken a few photos. But let me tell you how that went. It was being held in the sports centre in Pieve Torina, starting from 10. I was going to…

Required blog post

I haven't written anything for a while, probably because I don't feel inspired. I miss putting random thoughts down, but as I already said, the juice isn't flowing! I started writing about my recent visit to the emergency dept. in hospital, but I'm just feeling too tired after yesterday's early start (and late night thanks…

Next!

If humans had taglines, what would yours be? Prompted by WordPress, I decided to answer - see title. How about you?

Oh, Christmas tree

In one of my favourite films, set in 19th century Italy on the foggy flat plains of the Po river, a family of farm-workers is sent away from their post on a traditional muddy farm. The reason? When his teeny tiny son's wooden clog had broken (and he was the only lad who had won…

Along the river Nera…

The other day, we went for a drive along the valley formed by an old river , once known as Nahar by the ancient italic tribes who lived along its peaceful, abundant valley (it really is gorgeous). Those people have long gone, but lots of churches now stand on pagan temples, and castles have been…