Too bad people do not feel the same for the poor innocent children of the world that are kidnapped, raped,murdered,sacrificed, on a daily basis ie: Afghanistan,Libya, Palestine,Iraq,etc.
What makes this so special? As long as Americans refuse to stand up and say no more war, it will go on and on forever. Go back to sleep, christmas illusion is just around the corner. As Bush said, go shopping America.
To Anonymous - I was tempted to delete your comment, but I would like other people to see it. Everyone has a right to his or her opinion. I would also like you to know that many people in the U.S., including me, also grieve for the innocent children around the world who are kidnapped, raped and murdered on a daily basis. We are also horrified by the ravages of war and what it has done to people all over the world, not just in the U.S. It doesn't mean we agree with everything our government does,so please don't lump all Americans together and generalize. This post is not meant to diminish the anguish and horrors of war in other places around the world, or to politicize the event, but to give some solidarity to people who live close to us and are suffering. I wish you peace.
Can't post or read about it yet and am appreciative of those who share love. I am so sorry Anonymous doesn't understand that there is room in our hearts for endless compassion.
Wow. A lovely post and your response to a previous writer warmed my heart. I am not a stranger to tragedy and know we deal with brutality the best way we can depending on where we are when it finds us. Thank you for your thoughtful and heartfelt writing.
Enroll now for a week in a magical village in an unspoiled region of Italy. Get a kick start on the writing you always wanted to do, eat deliciously prepared regional foods and visit sights off the beaten track. Click on the photo for more information.
In my last life, I was a journalist in NYC, but left the rat race to live in Italy for a year with my husband - the best year of my life. I created this blog upon my return to combine my interests of writing and photography with my love of food and travel. My mother was from the region of Emilia-Romagna, my father's family was from Calabria and my late husband's family is Abruzzese. Is it any wonder then, that Italian art, music, food and the country's beautiful landscape are among my passions? I hope you will try some of the recipes and post comments. Buon Appetito. Linda
The device you see in the slides above is a "torchio," a hollow brass tube attached to a bench or a wall. Different metal "dies" can be inserted in the torchio for different shapes of pasta. The torchio belonged to my mother's family in Italy. After decades of collecting dust in my basement, the torchio was recently resurrected when my father offered to make a bench for it. The torchio is screwed to the bench, semolina pasta dough is fed into the tube, the crank is turned, (in this case by my son Michael) and with a lot of elbow grease, pasta is extruded through the die. What comes out below is a tubular pasta - anything from thin spaghetti to bucatini, similar to a hollow straw.
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A tragedy. In thoughts with those who are grieving.
Rosa
Too bad people do not feel the same for the poor innocent children of the world that are kidnapped, raped,murdered,sacrificed, on a daily basis ie: Afghanistan,Libya, Palestine,Iraq,etc.
What makes this so special? As long as Americans
refuse to stand up and say no more war, it will go on
and on forever.
Go back to sleep, christmas illusion is just around the corner.
As Bush said, go shopping America.
To Anonymous - I was tempted to delete your comment, but I would like other people to see it. Everyone has a right to his or her opinion. I would also like you to know that many people in the U.S., including me, also grieve for the innocent children around the world who are kidnapped, raped and murdered on a daily basis. We are also horrified by the ravages of war and what it has done to people all over the world, not just in the U.S. It doesn't mean we agree with everything our government does,so please don't lump all Americans together and generalize. This post is not meant to diminish the anguish and horrors of war in other places around the world, or to politicize the event, but to give some solidarity to people who live close to us and are suffering. I wish you peace.
Can't post or read about it yet and am appreciative of those who share love. I am so sorry Anonymous doesn't understand that there is room in our hearts for endless compassion.
Wow. A lovely post and your response to a previous writer warmed my heart. I am not a stranger to tragedy and know we deal with brutality the best way we can depending on where we are when it finds us. Thank you for your thoughtful and heartfelt writing.
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