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Italicus: a writer's life in Italy

On life in an Italian hill town, language, travel, writing, and books

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On Introversion and Art

And how I gave up one to find the other at a flower show

A Chorus of Glimmers

Plus my road trip saga

Road Trip

From Perugia to Collioure via Antibes, so far

How Not to Tourist, Part 4

This year’s collection of inane, tone-deaf, selfish, damaging (shall I go on?) stunts by people who should know better

Booking It

A literary tour of south-central Italy

Oh, Those Daffy Europeans!

Tongue-in-cheek childcare techniques from a Threads thread

A Paris Notebook

On memories, beauty, and expectations. Plus some publishing news!

A Dog’s Life

A tribute to Aria, my beloved companion of 13 years

The Goodbye Days

Finding patience if not peace in my dog’s decline

Psst, hey you, Italian language learners …

are you ready to up your game?