Tag Archives: Pesaro
My Mother Meets A Famous Italian Tenor Posted by Serena on Sep 5, 2016
Often, whilst working at the telaio (loom, see this post), I find myself daydreaming. And so it was that, weaving and dreaming, a memory came back to me, a story from my mother’s childhood that she used to tell us when we were kids. This story would bring tears to my eyes every time I…
My Grandmother’s War Diary Posted by Serena on Sep 13, 2013
“7-1-43 Arrivo a Pesaro. Le bambine e mio padre stanno bene. Siamo vivi grazie a Dio! Il viaggio è finito!” (Arrival in Pesaro. The girls and my father are well. We are alive thank to God! The journey is over!) These words are taken from the very succinct diary that my grandmother kept during the…