Language Tourism: Learning Italian During A Pandemic
Giorgio Massei, director of Edulingua, explains the challenges for language tourism and what it means to teach Italian during a pandemic.
Marketing Sicily
Islands are naturally marketable. Because they are by definition separate from their associated mainlands, they are by default exotic.
The Woman Across The Cortile
Her name is unknown to me. But I enjoy the sight of her in the window and the shadow dance as she crosses the room. It’s not affection, but comfort and association, the sharing of town, time and pain.
Strolling in Sicily
Nothing much happens during the passeggiata, but that nothing much is plenty.
Dreams of Christmas Eve
In Sarnano's centro storico it is quiet, dark and cold at the end of December. Lamps are turned off to save electricity. Strands of light from the television seep into the kitchen. A man prepares the Christmas Eve dinner...
Witness, By David Gerstel
There will be an end to this, our most current plague, and on that day there will be no more names to add onto glued paper. The board will be blank. But now is not that time.
The Butcher And His Wife
In Sarnano, when the weather is warm, the wind is calming and the sun has begun to set, I see the old man and his wife.