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Sono contenta che hai trovato il mio blog/ I’m glad you found my blog. Why did I decide to start writing a blog? I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. The biggest reason is creative inspiration and stimulation. I don’t remember when I didn’t have a passion for words and images. I could always be found with my nose in a book, reading, writing, or sketching. This is a place I can combine all of my interests; writing, art, photography, travel, and exploring Italian culture. I can share my photos, images, and all of the half-drafted ideas I have lying around. Whenever I think of something interesting, I scribble notes down on scraps of paper… post-it notes… menus….the computer, and now even on my phone, because ‘one day’ I’ll write an article about it. Well, ‘one day’ isn’t happening. I also have several emails I keep sending over and over to friends who are planning travel to Italy, and this is a better place to share that information. I have a strong belief in maintaining cultural ties, and I travel to Italy every year. I hope to encourage the same in other ‘italocanadesi’ who read my blog and to connect with others who have a passion for art, Italy,and anything else I think is interesting. I hope you learn something new every time you visit, whether it’s about a new place you’d like to visit, discovering a new artwork, learning a few new words in Italian, or maybe you’ll even be inspired to pick up a brush and starting painting yourself! I might write a few of my posts in Italian, but for now, it will be just little snippets. I’ll apologize in advance for any grammatical errors I might make! I don’t like to use online translating because it makes more mistakes than I do! Let me know if you have any suggestions for new posts. You can read more in ‘About me/Chi sono’ and L’Intervista con Silvia. The name ‘Un po’ di pepe’ means ‘a bit of pepper’….because everything can use some spicing up! Iniziamo l’avventura! / Let’s start the adventure!
In Italiano:
Sono contenta che hai trovato il mio blog! Perché ho iniziato a scrivere un blog? Ho vari motivi. È da tanto tempo che ci sto pensando. Mi piace scrivere, e questo è un posto dove posso scrivere di tutte le cose che mi piacciono. Posso usare tutte quelle cose scritta a metà e poi abbandonate, scritte o schizzate su un pezzetto di carta strappata…su un menù….sul computer, e adesso anche sul telefono, perché ‘un giorno’, queste mi serviranno per scrivere un articolo interessante. Nel frattempo, questo ‘un giorno’ sembra non arrivare mai!
Credo molto nel significato di mantenere legami con le miei radici italiane, e vado in Italia tutti gli anni. Spero con il mio blog di incoraggiare lo stesso interesse in altri italocanadesi. Scriveró di tutto quello che mi piace, soprattutto di arte e cultura italiana. Spero che ogni volta che lo visitarete, vi possiate imparare una cosa nuova…che si tratti di scoprire un’opera d’arte nuova, un posto da visitare, di imparare qualche parola nuova in italiano (o per quelli che parlano già l’italiano, di imparare qualche nuova parola in inglese!) o di essere ispirati a prendere un pennello in mano e cominciare un’opera d’arte tutta vostra! Forse scriveró anche delle volte in Italiano, ma per ora saranno piccolo frammenti. Fatemi sapere se avete qualche suggerimento per nuovi post. Chiedo scusa in anticipo per i miei eventuali errori grammaticali! Potete leggere un po’di più in ‘About me/ Chi sono’ o in L’Intervista con Silvia.
Cristina, congratulations on the first blog entry! I await future posts eagerly 🙂
Grazie Laura! Hope to post later today!
Evviva! L’avventura blog inizia!
Break a leg! 🙂 In Italian language we use to say ” in bocca al lupo”!
‘Crepi lupo’! Grazie per l’aiuto Antonella!
I checked my email this evening and was pleasantly surprised to find your blog up and running,,,I love that you wrote your first entry in both English and Italian. It gives us “Italiocanadesi” a chance to brush up on our native language. I really enjoyed reading your first two entries and I look forward to many many more. Congratulations on a job well done
Grazie Maria! I’m hoping ‘Italocanadesi’,cugini and paesani will be reading and you fit all 3 categories!
Christina, you have a beautiful blog! I am so delighted to have met you. Our interests are the same….only I have no Italian blood in me! But I do love Italy just like the Italians:)
Grazie Susan. I’m starting to get the hang of this blogging thing. I came across your blog while I was searching for other ‘chateau’ themed blogs. There aren’t too many, but I think we have good taste!
I totally agree!!! Glad we met.
Perché? Perché no? Brava!
Grazie Mary Louise!
italocanadesi! Such a nice word.. I am no Italian but I love the theme of your blog.. 😀 It resonates my taste too.
Grazie! I have really enjoyed my first year being a ‘bloghista’!
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Love it! I started writing my first “novel” in 2007. I never got around to finishing the 2nd chapter. “One day” I keep telling myself :-D. Here’s wishing you all the very best!
Grazie. Hopefully ‘one day’ we will both publish our novels! Ciao, Cristina
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