Bailey Alexander: Dreams from Northern Italy
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Ch.3: Anna’s Secret Garden
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A minute of Italy
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Ch. 2: listening to the call to adventure
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Ch.1: Finding your mentor
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Dear America, get healthy.
I’ve lived in Europe for 25 years. Obviously, I like. But I miss my fellow Americans, I miss the accent….they are nowhere to be found amidst the winter environs of Lake Garda. And we can be such fun, our esprit, infectious. Enough with the drugs, – get healthy!
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Pathological grief and taking a train to Auschswitz
In ’21, living in Piemonte, reading about ’09, from my first book, “A European Odyssey; how a boxer’s daughter found grace”
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Italian offers a variety of greetings; buondi, ciao, salve, buongiorno, salute, etc When you ask, “how are you?” Oh, a myriad of replies flow your way. But one feels uniquely honest, and it doesn’t come alone – there’s facial animation to see, and meaning implied behind their eyes as they answer “abbastanza” Translation: ‘enough’. After…
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Legends ‘Online’
Oh the people you will meet and the places you will go in “Personal Legends of Piemonte” Here’s the link for digital version The story begins “Once upon a time there was a baker named Francesco Caballo who lived in a town called Limone…” If you prefer Italian, the second half begins: “C’era una volta…
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Legends, even better
What a complicated project. Paperback is ready, first half in English, second in Italian; it’s a one off, and now it is done. book is publishing steadily on several platforms, just waiting for Apple to say yes. For those that read my first book, “A European Odyssey; how a boxer’s daughter found grace” – I…
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London calling
Writers wait for and crave this kind of bliss.
Got any book recommendations?