Love Thursday: Acorns of Love
The Mystical World Wide Web says: The Acorn has also been associated with couples and love divination. Dropping two Acorns into the same bowl of water will provide the inquirers with news. Should the Acorns float together then the couple will marry, the reverse being true if the Acorns drift apart. So what does it mean when you’re out walking with your beloved, as P and I were about a month ago, and you stumble upon this–two acorns physically merged together?

Fall 2009 in Badolato: Photos You May Have Missed
If you’re also my friend on Flickr, you may have caught these photos, but since my Facebook/Flickr connection doesn’t work well (or at all), here are some pictures from this past fall in Calabria:

How to Launch a Debut Novel in the US from Abroad
Oh don’t I *wish* I was the author of this post and writing from experience? Someday! As it were, you’re about to read the outstanding advice from Kristin Bair O’Keeffe, author of Thirsty and an American who has been living in Shanghai, China since April 2006. This post is part of the WOW Blog Tour, but, to be

Three Questions with Tania Pascuzzi of Cooking in Calabria Tours
If you haven’t run into Tania Pascuzzi around the Interwebs yet, let me introduce you. Tania is an Aussie from Calabrian parents, and she runs

Love Thursday: The Loveshroom Fest
I’ve mentioned before that one of P’s favorite pastimes is going mushroom picking. Incidentally, one of *my* favorite pastimes is making (and eating) delicious funghi-based dishes. See how well that works? Our love of ’shrooms is one of the reasons we don’t really mind the rain here, since just after a good soaking, it’s time to enjoy the funghi…one might call it ou