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“It's time for another guest blogger! This month it's Susan Filson of Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, ...”
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“We've visited the Sanctuary of the Black Madonna in Tindari, and now it's time to ...”
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“Even though there have been small celebrations all week, today really begins the Pasqua (Easter) ...”
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“ This year's Easter Sunday celebrations brought a special visitor to my village: Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, ...”
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“Some of you may have seen George Ella Lyon's gorgeous, moving poem Where I'm From. ...”
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“There has been a *huge* increase in requests for recognition of Italian citizenship over the ...”
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“It's almost time! Italian elections will be held Sunday and Monday. Other than having two days ...”
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“ Cu stavi mutu non po' essiri servutu. ~ Calabrian proverb Loosely translated, if you don't speak ...”
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“Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. We had marginally nice weather here--warm, the sun peaking ...”
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“Time for another guest blogger, and this month I am honored to introduce you to ...”
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“Before I moved to Italy, I was never good at remembering and identifying flowers and ...”
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“Today is Earth Day, 24 hours for us to stop and really think about how ...”
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“ I'm celebrating lemon love this week. Although this wonderful citrus fruit grows year round here, lemons ...”
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“Today is one of Italy's biggest holidays: la Festa della Liberazione or Liberation Day, celebrating ...”
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“I loved Palermo so much I can't possibly sum it all up in one, two, ...”
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“Do you know the television show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern? We love it, and ...”
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“ To all you wonderful moms out there, especially mine.”

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“Last Tuesday we visited the weekly market in my village, and now it's time for ...”
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“One of the questions I get asked most frequently via email involves how to make ...”
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“Olive Riley, the World's Oldest Blogger, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2008 at the age ...”

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“This month I've selected five featured bloggers. This is because Frances of BlogJem has declared Blog ...”
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“In the last group of questions, two specifically addressed my settling into life here in ...”
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“This week's What's Cooking Wednesday recipe comes straight from my Italian-American grandmother, who introduced me ...”
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“The other day I came home and found this on my doorstep: When P came home, ...”
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“When I first started doing Love Thursday, I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to ...”
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“A hearty welcome to one of my favorite bloggers, Robin of My Mélange! In this ...”
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“"Dammi un bacio" means "Give me a kiss" in Italian, and here's how you ask: If ...”
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“Yesterday over at Twitter, the always lovely and informative ExpatCoach asked those of us with, ...”
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“OK, raise your hand if you love focaccia! I do! I do! I had never made ...”
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“Everywhere you look around... especially up. Happy Love Thursday everyone!”
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“One of my favorite "Made by Mom" dishes is potato salad. Indeed, I love all kinds ...”
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“Our O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Contest ends tomorrow, but that doesn't mean ...”
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“ I read a great post at A Child of the Universe (now defunct) that I'd ...”
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“Yes, today is What's Cooking Wednesday, but it's also the first of the month, which ...”
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“A little while ago, Cherrye of My Bella Vita wrote a Love Thursday post with ...”
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“Cherrye of My Bella Vita and I teased you yesterday with an upcoming contest and ...”
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“One of P's friends gifted us with five fresh quail the other day. I know. ...”
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“ So much love around here these days, I just have to share it. For the past ...”
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“Just in time for our cooler, rainier autumn days, today's What's Cooking Wednesday is simple, ...”
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“Just like Stefanie Says, I'm giving you a Friday Five. Here are five ideas of ...”
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“Back in January, I unveiled a game that P and I play called (children cover ...”
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“The first thing you should note about this week's What's Cooking Wednesday is that I ...”
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“ Today my blog is one of the stops on MotherTalk.com's Blog Tour for The Daring ...”
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“ Ah the joys of living in small town southern Italy. I called Telecom Italia again last ...”
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“As many of you know, I'm a big fan of simple cooking. Indeed, Calabrian cuisine ...”
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“   So we're halfway through NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo. How are you feeling kids? I figure it's about ...”
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“I don't work in an office anymore, but I do remember what Fridays used to ...”
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“Hi. Here I am at the internet café again. No internet at home. Again. But ...”
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“The only time I really lament not having a car around here is on Sundays ...”
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“As of today I’m thirty-one years, one month, and one day old, and I’m ready ...”
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“I was tagged by new blogging buddy Goofy Andie (that's the name of her blog, ...”
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“Last year around this time I had some canned pumpkin but wasn't up for making ...”
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“ Happy Thanksgiving... from our table to yours! This photo was actually taken last year, but it was ...”
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“While walking with the pooches yesterday morning, I came face to bark with a tree ...”
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“I've been tagged again, but don't groan--it's not a meme! No, this time Dee of ...”
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“ Ladies and gentlemen, we have weaning!     The puppies are already 5 weeks old! Can you believe ...”
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“If you also read Shelley's At Home in Rome (and if you don't, why don't ...”
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“I grew up in the mountains of Pennsylvania, so finding fall was as easy as ...”
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“ **NOTE THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED.** Welcome to Day 3 of the Dolce Italiano Contest in which ...”
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“Lately I've gotten a few requests for photos of P from friends and family, so ...”
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“And now, the end is here. And so I face the final curtain. My ...”
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“Well it looks like November caught up with me. Near the end of the last ...”
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“Oh December 4, how quickly you came upon me once again! Just one year ago at ...”
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“***THIS CONTEST IS OVER*** So here we are for Round Two of the Dolce Italiano Contest ...”
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“Back by popular demand--puppies! Well the little ones aren't so little anymore. Indeed, they'll be seven ...”
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“In Wednesday's Sweet Apple Omelet recipe from Gina DePalma's fabulous Dolce Italiano, a little thing ...”
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“ Thanks to The Sisterhood of Traveling Books, I recently finished Betty Smith's classic A Tree ...”
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“Many people arrive at this site seeking information on claiming Italian citizenship jure sanguinis. I ...”
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“The newly-crowned Princess Wanderlust Scarlett has tagged me for a most glorious Christmas meme--to write ...”
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“ It's holiday time. You're in a rush. I'm in a rush. I'll keep this ...”
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“ And so the process of letting go of the puppies has begun. As of Tuesday night, ...”
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“ Various announcements this Friday, so let's get to it: W00t! Merriam-Webster has recently named its Word of ...”
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“"Amò! Guarda la neve!" "Honey! Look at the snow!" P opened the balcony shutters this morning and ...”
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“Christmas celebrators, we're in the home stretch! Are you ready? To keep you in the spirit, ...”
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“Yesterday the first installment of my 12 Christmas Memories meme revolved a lot around my ...”
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“Or, "12 Christmas Memories: Part III. " If you haven't yet, do check out Part ...”
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“For Part IV of My 12 Favorite Christmas Memories as inspired by Wanderlust Scarlett's meme, ...”
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“And now the last installment of my 12 Christmas Memories meme: 10. Best Christmas Present Ever I ...”
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“Last weekend was spent baking cookies, and this weekend is being spent delivering them to ...”
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“You've now seen four of the six types of cookies I made this holiday season. ...”
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“I've decided to start my own Christmas Eve tradition here on the blog, and it ...”
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“ May your holidays be full of love, tante belle cose, and quiet moments to reflect on ...”
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“  What's the end of a year without a little reflection on what's happened, where we've ...”
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“Well, once again I've done it the hard way. Instead of easing myself into this ...”
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“Ah, Italian bureaucracy. Didn't take long to get me on this subject, did it? But ...”
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“"Are you cookin' beeeeeans?" Anyone remember David Letterman's obnoxiously saying this over and over? Well, it ...”
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“One August evening I came home to find P making dinner, a little annoyed that ...”
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“For those of you who don't know, today is a holiday in Italy. Every December ...”
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“ Expats are often asked what we miss most about our home countries. For me, home ...”
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“And on the flip side... In part because I'm a Libra/bilancia with a tendency toward fairness, ...”
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“It's dark at 4.30 p.m., I have an insatiable craving for candy canes, and visions ...”

“In the past week of posts, I've mentioned buying Christmas gifts, putting up my mini-tree, ...”
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“And onions too, if you want to be particular. P's mom brought me some gorgeous peppers, ...”
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“The obligatory blogger list so you can get to know me better: I’m ...”
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“Let me confess that I have a bit of a jacket/coat fetish. I love them. ...”
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“E' arrivato l'inverno. Winter has arrived. This was the topic of conversation around the piazza this morning. ...”
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“*Warning: Non-bloggers will most likely not give a whip about this rant. Neither will many ...”
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“I am a loyal reader of Petite Anglaise, and her December 13 post has been ...”
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“The back of my house rests on Vico Fiore, loosely Flower Street, and so all ...”
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“ *Unfortunately, this was not taken this morning, as it's cloudy, damp, and quite nasty here ...”
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“Today's featured dish is Calabrian stuffed lasagne made with a meat tomato sauce, ham, eggs, ...”
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“Over at Red Red Whine, Guinness Girl was tagged to make a list of ten ...”
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“A few years ago, I found this plush, padded, bedazzled heart in a crafty kind ...”
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“Well, folks, I'll likely be out and about most of tomorrow wrapping up (hee hee) ...”
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“ Looks like I've found my angel for next year, but in the meantime, have a ...”
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“Cecil Adams at The Straight Dope says: the existence of Santa Claus "can't be definitely ruled ...”

“No, this isn't a post about wimping out on Christmas obligations. I'm fully in the ...”
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“Many years ago, I clipped from the newspaper one of my most favorite comic strips ...”
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“ And a lovely piece by Anna Quindlen on the essence of the season.”
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“No, this picture hasn't technically cleared the censors (P), but, in true holiday spirit, I'm ...”
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“This is my family's Christmas soup, and even though P had never even heard of ...”
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“One day in June, a little girl showed up at our door with a shoebox ...”
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“I have the best mommy in the world (no offense to your mommies, of course). Today ...”
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“Why yes I do happen to have some photos of my village. Thanks for asking! From ...”
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“Saw this on italian trivia a little while ago. The rule is that you can type ...”
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“I completed the following meme because: (1) I saw it on some of the blogs ...”
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“ This morning I watched Will & Grace. In English. For the first time in three years. Then I ...”
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“ Hope you get a special kiss and sing a few rounds of Auld Lang Syne! Felice ...”
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