Dear Readers, First, thank you for being here with me at Prayers & Piazzas! I launched this site twelve years ago as a place to share writings on the two most important things in my life: my family (prayers) and my love of all things Italian (piazzas). In that time, the site has attracted readers…
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The Unintentional Climb
First written as a guest post exchange with the wonderful and talented Studentessa Matta, Melissa Muldoon. For my original post on the Matta site, please click here. To read Melissa’s story originally posted on Prayers & Piazzas, please click here. — Recently something wonderful and unexpected happened to me, and I ended up in Florence….
Why I Study Italian
First written for the Studentessa Matta site and proudly featured in November of 2016. Please click here for the original post. — Falling in love with the Italian language has been one of the more beautiful surprises of my life. Growing up in an Italian-American family, with a grandfather who, as a teenager, emigrated from…