Archive for the ‘life in calabria’ Category
Experiencing Joy, Unapologetically and Without Fear
Do you allow yourself to feel joy in the moment or do you hold back, worrying that the other shoe will drop at any moment, that for every good thing that happens, there must a corresponding bad one?
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Keeping it Simple with Pasta and Cauliflower Recipe
Pasta with cauliflower is so fast and easy to make, and you can still taste every single ingredient in the final product. Simple, fresh, delicious. Perfect.
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Meeting Disappointment with Friends, Gratitude, and Apple Pie
I’m grateful this Thanksgiving for another opportunity to learn from disappointment, to appreciate my friends around the world, and to celebrate another day in a place I love with the man I love (who also happens to make a mean pizza).
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When Olive Trees Smile: How Living in My Ancestral Village Changed My Life
As the car wound its way up the two-mile serpentine hill, I smiled to myself, daydreaming about how I would feel when, within minutes, I would be the first in my family in nearly 100 years to breathe the air, walk the narrow streets, and step inside the churches of my great-great-grandfather’s village in Calabria, the toe of Italy’s boot.
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Aligning Mind and Body Through Yoga Practice
In order to properly care for your whole self, you must move — and yoga is a great way to align your mind and body.
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Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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