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September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

37. Dealing With Disaster – Part 2

On November 23, 1980, I was walking to a bus stop to return to my hometown, which was a 10-minute ride up a mountainside. I was just a few meters from the bus stop when the ground shook violently. The street cracked open. Buildings trembled. Shattered window glass rained down. People screamed and ran in […]

Tagged donation corruption, earthquakes, immigration, Irpinia-Basilicata earthquake, survival. 1 Comment
July 19, 2020

25. The Conversation

When my wife was single, she lived in a three-unit apartment house. The owners occupied the first floor. Hailing from Spain, they retained many of their Spanish customs. For example, in their tiny back yard, they set up a long table under a pergola where they would spend many Sunday afternoons enjoying hearty meals with […]

Tagged Covid-19, emigration, immigration, Italy, marriage, married life, pandemic, Spain. Leave a comment
May 3, 2020May 3, 2020

5. To Stay or To Go

As a young, newly-married man in southern Italy, my father became a tenant farmer. He rented a large plot of land from a prominent member of a patrician family based near Florence. With only a zappa (a wide-bladed hoe), my dad, joined by his brothers and a couple of day laborers, cleared roots, grasses, weeds, […]

Tagged family, farming, home, homeland, immigration. Leave a comment
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