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	<title>Countries Beginning with I &#187; Italian culture</title>
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	<description>Deirdré Straughan on Italy, India, the Internet, and the world</description>
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		<title>Viva la Mamma? Motherhood, Menopause &amp; Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a US citizen, but I lived and raised my daughter Rossella (now 22) in Italy for 17 years. I left Italy in 2008 while Ross was at boarding school in India, and subsequently separated from my Italian husband (we were already geographically apart &#8211; he did not follow me to the US). My daughter is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Italian in Song: L&#8217;Emozione non ha Voce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emotion has No Voice Adriano Celentano. The video above comes from Rockpolitik, a variety show hosted by Celentano in 2006. Io non so parlar d&#8217;amore l&#8217;emozione non ha voce E mi manca un po il respiro se ci sei c&#8217;e troppa luce La mia anima si spande come musica d&#8217;estate poi la voglia sai mi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Italian in Song: E la Barca Tornò Sola</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/27/learn-italian-in-song-e-la-barca-torno-sola/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the Ship Returned Alone Renato Carosone (1960) Erano tre fratelli pescatori, con una mamma bianca, con una barca nera e con tre cuori ancora da creatura&#8230; Il mare urlava cupo quella sera e il legno della incognita straniera cercava aiuto in tutto quell&#8217;orrore. &#8220;Chi rischierà la vita per salvare la bionda forestiera, chi sarà?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Italian in Song: Due su Due</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/26/learn-italian-in-song-due-su-due/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Articolo 31]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Song by Articolo 31. Once again, the theme of family and mamma. Two on Two ritornello: refrain: io non so cosa pensavi quelle notti con papà I don&#8217;t know what you were thinking those nights with Dad ma grazie mamma ne hai fatti due su due Thanks, Mom, you made two on two [two alike?] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Badly of Others in Italy</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/24/thinking-badly-of-others-in-italy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very indicative Italian saying: A pensare male si fa peccato, ma si indovina [quasi] sempre. This translates roughly as: &#8220;To think badly [of others] is a sin &#8211; but you&#8217;re nearly always right.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Italian Satirical Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monument to the poet Trilusso, in Roman dialect. Piazza Trilusso, Rome For some fun political puns, look here In the Shade While I read my usual paper, Sprawled in the shade of a [tree] I see a pig and I say to him: &#8220;Goodbye, swine!&#8221; I see a donkey and I say to him: &#8220;Goodbye, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gallery: A Spring Day in Lecco</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2009/05/07/gallery-a-spring-day-in-lecco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos I took on a weekend walk around town with Enrico last spring.]]></description>
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		<title>Gallery: Gravedona Cemetery</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2009/05/05/gallery-gravedona-cemetery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[^ This (doubtless allegorical) statue just begs for a funny caption. Any ideas? (Click on the image to see a larger version.) While visiting friends on the other side of Lake Como, we stopped by the lakeside town of Gravedona and visited the cemetery. As you can see, family vaults are kept over generations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Italian in Song: Anna</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2009/03/28/learn-italian-in-song-anna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Battisti classic. Hai ragione anche tu cosa voglio di più un lavoro io l&#8217;ho una casa io l&#8217;ho la mattina c&#8217;è chi mi prepara il caffè questo io lo so e la sera c&#8217;è chi non sa dirmi no cosa voglio di più hai ragione tu cosa voglio di più cosa voglio Anna voglio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Jan 2 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2009/01/15/everyday-italian-newspaper-headlines-jan-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lecco: Beats/strikes [female] companion &#8211; arrested Pasturo [a small town in the mountains]: party in a mountain cabin, dies at 22 years. [We know from the local grapevine that the cause of death was probably a drug overdose. The young man dropped dead at the dinner table at a New Year's party among friends.]]]></description>
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