Category Archives: Umbria

Italy is a Sensory Experience

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Bill Steiner

The deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie is quoted by Mark Nepo in Seven Thousand Ways to Listen as saying that, since she can’t hear, she feels vibrations, saying they are one and the same. She points out that in Italian the … Continue reading →

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Countryside Gems

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Cheryl Alexander

One of my favorite areas is the Northern Lazio countryside, which borders the regions of Tuscany and Umbria. It is a lush green agricultural area that soothes the soul, being so richly colored. Everywhere one turns there are rolling green … Continue reading →

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Who were the Etruscans?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Cheryl Alexander

Civita d’ Bagnoregio is one of the places I fell madly in love with sixteen years ago, when I rented a casita in the valley that bears that name. This abandoned village on a hill that sits on crumbling rock … Continue reading →