“The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer sun.”
~ Myrtle Reed








“The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer sun.”
~ Myrtle Reed
“The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.” ~Paulo Coelho
Continue reading #FashionDiaries :: Manuela (via Giulia, Rome)
His longing for knowledge and books has made him proficient in many subjects, chemistry, architecture, art, literature. When he retired, he could combine all his passions together into woodworking… Read more: Made in Italy :: Zì Tunine, wikipedia man on Appetibilis | Saperi e Sapori del Territorio
Continue reading Portrait of an artisan :: Master ébéniste Antonio Palmerio
The main ingredients for pasticciotto are short crust pastry and a filling of almonds, lemon peel and sugar syrup. The making of the pasticciotto is a feast of its own, ladies gather around a long table and spend time telling stories, updating each other and… The post was first published on Appetibilis | Saperi e Sapori del Territorio – Read more: Le signore del “pasticciotto” di Bomba :: “Pasticciotto” Ladies from Bomba
Continue reading Sweet notes from Abruzzo :: The “Pasticciotto” Ladies
The English Idiom “good things come in small packages” translates the Italian “nella botte piccola c’è il vino buono” (small casks carry top-quality wine). If this holds true for “things” in general, it should be truer for wineries…
Continue reading Venea, a family story of wine and “spirito abruzzese”
“L’agricoltura è alla base della coltura” Maurice Béjart
Photo: Matelda Codagnone
É NNUULE… di Giuseppe Zulli Marcucci
Aveva jè”n campagne pi la tresche:
avè’ ggià priparate li starille,
sacchette, culazione, minzanille
e na bbella quartane d’acqua fresche.
[…]
É NUVOLO
Doveva andare in campagna per la trebbiatura: / aveva già preparato i cestelli / i sacchi, la colazione, le salviette / e una bella “quartana”(*) d’acqua fresca.
(*) orciolo
|“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” ~Masanobu Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution |
~ Atessa is a town in Abruzzo, Italy, administratively part of the Province of Chieti.
~ Discover Italy: Abruzzo – The Province of Chieti is also called the Teatine Province, from the ancient name of the city “Teate”…