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A Body Of Evidence Posted by Serena on May 11, 2018
The strange case of the irregular body continues to unfold. Today we find our inspector Augusto at the morgue speaking with the medical examiner Dottor Della Salma. Chapter 1. The Strange Case Of The Irregular Body Chapter 2. An Extremely Subjunctive Investigation Chapter 3. A Not So Perfect Witness L’ispettore Augusto è all’obitorio a colloquio…
A Not So Perfect Witness Posted by Serena on May 4, 2018
This, the third chapter of my detective story, takes the form of a quiz based on the passato prossimo. If you haven’t read the previous chapters you can find them here: Chapter 1. The Strange Case Of The Irregular Body Chapter 2. An Extremely Subjunctive Investigation Since he retired from the Royal Navy many many…
An Extremely Subjunctive Investigation Posted by Serena on Apr 26, 2018
Happily, thanks to the correct list of body parts that we sent him, our grammatically challenged Tenente Ciceri didn’t have to spend a month directing traffic! If you haven’t already done so, you can read part 1. here: The Strange Case Of The Irregular Body The List Of Irregular Body Parts: the ear = l’orecchio…
The Strange Case Of The Irregular Body Posted by Serena on Apr 20, 2018
Do you enjoy a good detective story? Here’s the beginnings of a rather gruesome one! Ispettore Augusto is a hardened detective. He’s not bothered by blood and gore. With his many years of experience he’s seen it all. What he can’t tolerate though is the particularly gruesome vocabulary of his grammatically challenged assistant Tenente Ciceri!…
Blue’s Favourite Song Posted by Serena on Apr 16, 2018
Who is Blue? She’s a little blue shoe … N.B. If this blog doesn’t make any sense to you then you obviously haven’t read Le Avventure Di Uno Scarpone. Blue: “Com’è simpatico quel 46R! Appena tornato da una gita a Montemarcello mi ha raccontato le sue avventure. Come le racconta bene! Mi ricorda il mio…
Il Pettirosso Posted by Serena on Mar 29, 2018
Why does the Robin have red feathers on its breast? An Easter legend explains: Un giorno di duemila anni fa, una mamma uccello stava volando in cerca di cibo per i suoi piccoli quando notò sulla cima di un colle tre croci con tre uomini appesi. Incuriosita l’uccellino si avvicinò e notò che uno di…
Tanti Regali Per Il Papà Posted by Serena on Mar 22, 2018
Nei giorni scorsi, all’avvicinarsi del 19 marzo, Festa del Papà, ogni pagina Internet era correlata da pubblicità su idee regalo per il papà. Questo mi ha fatto tornare in mente alcuni dei regali che negli anni ho fatto al mio papà. Dal mio quindicesimo compleanno in poi il regalo per il compleanno o per la…