Tag: Friends

  • 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…

  • 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,…