LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Tomorrow is Martedi Grasso (Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday), and the last day of Carnevale. Here in Mondovi` we have been celebrating since 24 January with processions, presentations, ceremonies and formal dinners, dancing and general revelry most every night…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE January can be a dreary month. The post-holiday weeks feel anticlimactic, empty, with little on the horizon except a return to normal routine. But here in Mondovi` January brings excitement and wonder as the city hosts its…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Frosted meadows and a blank, overcast sky today–the actual first day of 2015, with Italy finally back to school and work after January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. This late return to the daily grind may…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Around Mondovì farmers took the first hay late this year, in the last week of May. I have been wondering why, have talked it over with J., who knows a great deal about most plants but not…
