California is hot. Then cold. Then hot. Cold. Nothing that happened the day before can prepare you for the next. I’ve taken to wearing my swimsuit under my parka. I’ve been back for 2 months. I felt a tug, or more like I was thrown overboard after attaching my anchor to a speeding boat passing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘american’
Go to the dogs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american, dogs, ex-pat, homecoming on March 6, 2012 | 14 Comments »
Reflections
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american, culture on April 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with an African-American now living here in Rome. I brought up the subject of racism and asked him what his experience has been since being here. Many warned us, including an Italian, that discrimination was rampant in Rome and being a biracial family, we might encounter some hostility. [...]
The American
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american, culture, rome on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In my Italian language class the teacher went around the room and asked each of us where we were from. I was the lone American. An hour later, when break time came round, a young man, from somewhere quite cold and we’ll leave it at that, leaned into me and whispered into my ear, “So, [...]
Prairie voles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american, culture, rome on April 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I recently read an article about prairie voles. When boy p. vole meets girl p. vole and sparks fly they embark upon a 24-hour copulate-a-thon. The boy p. vole literally memorizes, imprints girl p. vole into his brain, thus unable to see all the other lovely girl (or boy if you will) voles and with [...]
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