Archive - Italicus: a writer's life in Italy

Real Men Wear Dignitas

Language nuggets plucked from the pages of history

Jun 4 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

April 2025

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

And by “friends” I mean humans, yes, but also art and natural beauty

Apr 29 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

March 2025

Italy, We Need to Talk

No offense, but your citizenship laws are a mess

Mar 31 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

February 2025

“Hey kids, let’s put on a show!”

Or, how starting an amateur theatre group in a country and in a language not my own has been, well, illuminating. And also very cool.

Feb 21 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

January 2025

Changes in Terrain

In which I unintentionally write a travelogue about southern Lazio

Jan 29 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

December 2024

Or why you should vet who you listen to, plus some heartwarming vignettes

Dec 24, 2024 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

Happiness Trains

When postwar Italy overlooked its north/south divide to tend to the children

Dec 10, 2024 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

November 2024

On flight and dueling desires, and Dante’s hell

Nov 16, 2024 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

Desperately Seeking Something

Or, shopping tales of woe from a mother-of-the-groom

Nov 4, 2024 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

October 2024

It’s the end of the citizenship path for many descendants of Italian immigrants

Oct 21, 2024 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

Not Spectacular, but Pleasant

Malta’s self-own became our tourist's mantra

Oct 2, 2024 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

September 2024

Tailfeathers Times Two

Shaking off summer and sharing traditions, plus (new!) an Italian word of the day

Sep 18, 2024 •

Cheryl A. Ossola

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