Tag: 9/11

  • Four Weeks in Rome, 2001

    Four Weeks in Rome, 2001

    I finished my first month of school, had visitors from America, and traveled to the village from which my grandparents emigrated. All righty–the picture pretty much said it all…my fourth week in Rome was a bit of a blur. As I was wrapping up my last week of school–for the month, anyway–I was showing my…

  • Third Week of Three Months in Roma 2001

    Third Week of Three Months in Roma 2001

    In the week of 16 Settembre 2001, there was an air of unsteady calm in Rome. Some paura — fear.  Yet, a real sense of the strongly-held Italian belief in destino. My third week in Rome had a certain unrealness to it. For me and my American friends, there was an attempt at normalcy, but definitely…

  • Week of Grieving: Week Two in Rome 2001

    Week of Grieving: Week Two in Rome 2001

    ATTACCO ALL’AMERICA It was a week in Rome that I shall never forget. A time of unspeakable horror, and unexpected kindness. The strangest thing about staying on top of what happened in New York is that I have little access to American television. I am living with an Italian woman who speaks no English. And,…