Category Archives: Rome/Italy

Piazza Barberini

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Art for Housewives

for Paola and Anna Rita When a friend you haven’t seen in years is in town and wants to meet you at Piazza Barberini, you say “Of course!” It was a cold but sunny day and I took Bus 63 … Continue reading →

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Tribunal of Souls

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Art for Housewives

Feltrinelli’s book store, towards Piazza della Repubblica, Roma When we go to Feltrinelli’s at Piazza della Repubblica, I immediately head for the English language section. That’s where I discovered Donato Carrisi’s “The Lost Girls of Rome” (2011), the English translation … Continue reading →

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Self-defining Women

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Art for Housewives

For a long time, Italy existed as a cluster of independent states getting in one another’s way. The ideal of a national identity led to the Risorgimento, a social and political movement to unite Italy. After years of conflict, Italy … Continue reading →

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Trams need Trees

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Art for Housewives

Sunday we voted on the referendum. My voting station is in the neighborhood of San Lorenzo. Originally a working class neighborhood, it eventually became trendy in part because of its nearness to La Sapienza University. This is via dei Reiti … Continue reading →

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Dora in Rome

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Art for Housewives

χρόνια πολλά Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome In front of Bernini’s Santa Teresa More St. Theresa La Fontana dell’Acqua Felice also known as the Fountain of Moses (late 1500s). Of interest are the horns on the head of Moses that … Continue reading →

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