Archive for the ‘simplicity’ Category
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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The Intersection of Paradise & La (Agro) Dolce Vita
By moving here, I put myself in an environment that has enabled and enriched my personal search for identity, tranquility, and simplicity, but it’s important to remember that our emotional well-being doesn’t necessarily depend on where we’re located. Why? Because of one simple truth: Paradise is not a place; it’s a state of mind.
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The Quiet Inspiration of the Campagna
Wrapped in the arms of my ancestors, I allow their spirits to guide me through the olive groves P and I have worked hard for — and they may very well be the same trees my great-great-grandfather could only dream of buying from the baron who worked him and his fellow “contadini” like slaves a hundred years ago.
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Making Easter Calabrian Cuzzupe with Zia Vincenzina
There’s nothing quite like absorbing family history while also learning to make the age-old recipe for Easter cuzzupe with Zia Vincenzina… Read on...
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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