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Easter storm

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March 23rd 2008
It is Easter, and the weather has turned downright wintry so we are cozy inside the farmhouse with a fire in the fireplace. We’ve ferreted out the books in the house written in English (the majority are “auf Deutsch”, probably due to many of the visitors being German guests of Dieter Lange and family). We are on a reading binge, drinking lots of coffee in the a.m., tea throughout the mid-day ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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