Plum jam, your way
The abundance of fruit and vegetables this time of year, in any country but especially Italy, means the womenfolk are busy making jam. I...
A Day in the Life, Live from Le Marche
Will the arrival of the internet at our farmhouse in Le Marche change the texture of life for us in our small town? ...
We Encounter the Law
Foreigners, even peaceful law-abiding foreigners like us, fear law enforcement in foreign countries. We don't understand it, we know we...
The Boars and the Bees
Learning to live with the animal and plant life that long ago established residence on our land in Le Marche has been an "interesting"...
Le Madri, the Backbone of Italy
Mothers rule in Italy. Hardworking, traditional, informed as much in politics as in how to slaughter a chicken and get it to the table,...
What have we done?
The process of planning to restore our 1753 farmhouse in the Marchigiano countryside was both thrilling and frightening. So many details...
Diggerman
It seems that every small Italian town has its diggerman, the guy with the backhoe, tractor, chainsaw and other large machinery that most...
Il Compromesso
The first definition on Google Translate for the word compromesso is "compromise." The second definition is "preliminary agreement." So...
Real Estate Italian Style, Part II
Casa Flaminia, one of the houses we thought we would buy My husband Jesse returned to Le Marche in January 2006 after extensive house...
Real estate, Italian style
In the summer of 2005 my husband Jesse and I began to look for a house to buy in Le Marche. We had researched some real estate agents on...
