Archive for December, 2008
What exactly are the qualifications to be a minister in Italy?
2008.12.16
I must admit to not paying a lot of attention to Italian ministries since the Health Minister Sirchio who caused me grave vascular damage when he indicated that women who could not conceive did not, I repeat did not have a medical problem. (spouted the 80 year old who has spawned way too many offspring […]
Filed under: Italian politics
Where is Rosie?
2008.12.15
A guest writer appeared back on our show late last year. She wrote about being pregnant and giving birth in Italy. Two traumatic events that I can only imagine happening — their simultaneous occurence would be a tragedy in my opinion (she says with b.c. pills in hand).
Anyway, Rosie’s musings were enjoyed by […]
Filed under: child birth italy
Black thumb strikes again …
2008.12.14
Amgirl is back from Zanzibar and 3 weeks total in Tanzania — all good things must end and I returned to a dead, slimey garden. Moss growing on the garden wall and everything under 3 inches of black water. Ugh, Larry the lemon tree (Larry jr. actually) also did not make it. […]
Filed under: gardening
