Tag Archives: Learning Italian

L’autunno

Posted on October 3, 2015 by mvaden1948

La settimana scorsa quando io andavo verso la mia macchina, io ho veduto un bel paesaggio. L’autunno ha dipinto le foglie cremisi ed arancione. Il sole stava tramontando e ha gettato un bagliore dorato. Io sempre porto la mia macchina … Continue reading →

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Finalmente!

Posted on August 22, 2015 by mvaden1948

For some reason my camera does not want to read true red. It seems to always come out some strange shade of dark, hot pink. I have been trying to get a good photograph of my Mocha Cherry begonias for … Continue reading →

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IL Bandito

Posted on May 9, 2015 by mvaden1948

Each week I have an assignment to write something in Italian for class. It can be something that happened during the week or something we made up. I did not make this up. (English translation follows). (Corrections made to the … Continue reading →

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Two Weeks That Changed My Life Forever

Posted on April 11, 2015 by mvaden1948

Come un sogno…..but much more than a dream. I think it was towards the end of 2005 that I started thinking about how I wanted to celebrate my 60th birthday although it was still three years away. When planning a big … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Retirement

Posted on November 13, 2014 by mvaden1948

On November 22 it will be one year since I left my job of 24 years and did not look back. Have I missed working? Are you kidding? I love my freedom. Of course it helped that I left almost … Continue reading →

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Mi dispiace di dover andare via cosi presto.

Posted on January 1, 2014 by mvaden1948

According to this lovely, huge Italian to English dictionary that no one but me probably uses here…the phrase above means “I’m sorry I have to go away so soon.” I truly am. But someday I’ll be back to stay…forever. I … Continue reading →

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OMG!

Posted on February 24, 2013 by mvaden1948

Which I have discovered in Italian would be ODM! for O Dio Mio. This weekend I have gotten quite an “education”. With the idea of eventually moving to Venice I have enrolled in a beginning Italian class at the local … Continue reading →

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