Today Jennifer Criswell, the author of 'At least You're in Tuscany: A Somewhat Diasterous Quest for the Sweet Life', was kind enough to introduce our readers to her book. I highly recommend the book which can be found on Amazon. Enjoy.
It’s Christmas time in my hill town in Tuscany. White lights twinkle above cobbled-stone streets, shop windows display beautiful scenes of holidays past, and the temperatures hover right around freezing. It’s my favorite time of the year: the baking, the decorating, the time spent with friends. Yesterday, I bought a small tree from a local nursery and brought it home to pot it. You don’t cut down Christmas trees here, you use them year after year.
Unfortunately, the heavy snow of last winter destroyed my old tree, so I adopted a new one. Adorned with ornaments evoking comforting memories, its lights wink merrily alongside my dog Cinder who snores softly from beneath its branches. Our holiday will be spent among friends, both Italian and expats, a group that I have begun not only to rely on but to think of as my Italian family. Read More
It’s Christmas time in my hill town in Tuscany. White lights twinkle above cobbled-stone streets, shop windows display beautiful scenes of holidays past, and the temperatures hover right around freezing. It’s my favorite time of the year: the baking, the decorating, the time spent with friends. Yesterday, I bought a small tree from a local nursery and brought it home to pot it. You don’t cut down Christmas trees here, you use them year after year.
Unfortunately, the heavy snow of last winter destroyed my old tree, so I adopted a new one. Adorned with ornaments evoking comforting memories, its lights wink merrily alongside my dog Cinder who snores softly from beneath its branches. Our holiday will be spent among friends, both Italian and expats, a group that I have begun not only to rely on but to think of as my Italian family. Read More
