

Don't let me be misunderstood
Just a short post this week to let you know that we’re still in the land of the living, though judging by the lack of activity around...


Let there be light
The days may be continuing to grow shorter and the evenings darken, but at least, thanks in large part to Alessandro, this week has seen...


Bin there, done that
I’m sorry to disappoint both my devoted readers but this has been another rather uneventful week, with the most exciting thing being...


Domestic bliss
I suppose we must have settled down into some semblance of domestic bliss, as this week has been the most uneventful one since we came to...


Getting to the point
A week since our quiet Sunday morning (well, if you exclude Harry’s predilection for barking) was disturbed by the Apennine Mountains...


Shaken and stirred
Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water, along come another three earthquakes. These again hit central Italy, leaving...


Stitched up
After last week’s decimation of the local mouse population, things have quietened down on that front. There have been a couple of...


Seven at one blow*
I never thought I’d say this but maybe being without a telephone line and Internet connection was not such a bad thing. At least the...


Market value
I’m starting to think I should change the name of this blog to Household Words. All those months ago when I started out, it was with the...


Ubaldo dove sei?*
Heigh ho, another week and more fruitless dealings with the wonderful Italian telephone infrastructure - and yes, that is written with...





























