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La Dolce Knita: January 2012
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Wednesday, January 25, 2012. LA LEGGE E UGUALE PER TUTTI? Here are some recent events that just keep adding leaves to the banana republic tree I call home. Amanda Knox was released after spending 4 years in an Italian prison after her guilty verdict was overturned. However, the Italian media stumbled over themselves while demonizing her after her arrest. Where is the equal justice in all this? Monday, January 23, 2012. Rose Garden Conspiracy Theory. She mention...
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La Dolce Knita: Rose Garden Conspiracy Theory
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Monday, January 23, 2012. Rose Garden Conspiracy Theory. Nevermind the Kennedy assassination! Forget all you've heard about 9/11 and the mysterious collapse of WTC7! Here's a conspiracy theory I think we can all agree doesn't pass the "smell test". I was listening to a recent (January 20, 2012, to be exact) podcast of Woman's Hour. Who recently published an historical account of roses, appropriately entitled, The Rose. Whatever shall we read into that? Rose Gar...
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La Dolce Knita: July 2011
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Friday, July 15, 2011. It started out on Monday with an uncomfortable twinge in my lower back that seemed to get worse as the day progressed. On Tuesday, as I was taking my kids to swimming lessons, Julian noticed a huge poster outside the pool advertising up to 70% off, "everything must go", etc. at a lanificio. In a nearby town. I asked him what a lanificio. Was He said it's where they sell wool. Makes sense since lana. Cold and rainy.in July.in Italy! Episod...
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La Dolce Knita: Italian Footwear
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. I always end up staring at my fellow heel-coolers' feet. I'm always amazed at the horrendous shoes women wear. Most of the men wear what I consider to be sensible footwear, but the women.incredible! I like the color, too. They're kind of a faded blue that's almost periwinkle and matches nearly everything in my wardrobe. Another shocker about older Italian women is that so many of them have elephant ankles. Why is that? Hi Mel. Heres ...
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La Dolce Knita: Happy new knitting!
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Saturday, January 14, 2012. Knitting a project of at least 300 yards in one month is a snap. However, I didn't consider that I'd have to come up with something new every month, couldn't commit myself to any larger or more complicated projects on the chance that I might not finish in time, and ended up doing a lot of things I wouldn't have undertaken otherwise. I recently bought a pattern book produced by Burda for socks from around the world. The first pair...
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La Dolce Knita: June 2011
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Just who is this religious right and why exactly do Republican candidates make such hypocritical jackasses of themselves trying to court them? Are they really THAT influential of a voting block? And, by the way, is anyone who voted Republican last time around happy with the results? Have any of the newly-elected lived up to their promises? I'm mainly referring to jobs jobs jobs and fixing the economy. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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La Dolce Knita: December 2010
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Sunday, December 26, 2010. I received an ipod last Christmas and have been continuously plugged into it for a year now because I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to hear some of my favorite radio programs from when I lived in Michigan and have found loads of other great 'casts to listen to. I have three observations on the changes in spoken American English that have occurred in the 10 years I've been away. When did "gift" become a verb? 3: At The End Of The Da...
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La Dolce Knita: LA LEGGE E UGUALE PER TUTTI ???
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Wednesday, January 25, 2012. LA LEGGE E UGUALE PER TUTTI? Here are some recent events that just keep adding leaves to the banana republic tree I call home. Amanda Knox was released after spending 4 years in an Italian prison after her guilty verdict was overturned. However, the Italian media stumbled over themselves while demonizing her after her arrest. Where is the equal justice in all this? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Trust me, you do. Where I am now.
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La Dolce Knita: Memory Lane...or Renovations (Update--photos!)
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Life as a knitting expat American in Italy. Thursday, July 5, 2012. Memory Lane.or Renovations (Update- photos! The kids and I took a bus trip to our old neighborhood in Turin. I took them to 3 of the parks we used to visit daily when we lived there. Julian was totally underwhelmed by it all. Oh he loved the bus ride, no doubt about that, but the parks were so much smaller than he remembered. This chestnut tree used to be so much bigger! A new sculpture since we've been gone. He did remember plenty of ot...
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