First impressions matter. And first impressions remain most of the time. That’s what we carry, and that is normally what we remember of a person, place, thing, object, or scene. We form a mental image of what we have just observed, even […]
If you have any knowledge of or speak Italian, then most likely you have heard the expression Lavoro duro come un Negro. The N-word has, or became, a racial slur; we all know that. But that’s the way this Italian expression goes. […]
Antonella De Santis, Gambero Rosso I read an article by Antonella De Santis, Gambero Rosso, of 19 May 2024 titled: “Le cucine dell’Africa non interessano, l’Italia è razzista” “African cuisines are of no interest, Italy is racist” Reading this article, I couldn’t […]
https://youtu.be/z23RVqG0mTA?si=l25HB2Y-rPkQWH6- What food do you eat in Africa? They ask. Are you African? How many times have you heard that question? I was once seated in a coffee shop in my town, Pavia, south of Milan, working on my computer. Next […]
What’s that smell? I wondered, holding my breath and opening my previously closed eyes. No, it can’t be. Here? In this place? I mean, look where I am. And yet it smells like… No matter where you are, and for whatever reason, every […]
The Happiest Place…and the City of Three Questions Having previously been, three times, to its almost always over-cast, and chilled capital city, and other cities around the country, I was not surprised when it was named the happiest place in the world in […]
