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How to Hug a Goat & other thoughts of holding tight to traditions September 2023 All Things Italy

By Etta Madden | September 10, 2023
Goats near Messina in Sicily, from Sicilianu102, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dear friends,  First, a welcome to the newcomers to All Things...

Summer Dog Days–Time for Streaming & Reading August 2023 All Things Italy 

By Etta Madden | July 28, 2023
Dear Friends:  Since returning from Italy last month, I’ve hunkered down in Missouri. On a neighborhood walk this week, I saw some local grapes fattening...