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Living in Italy, India, the Internet, and the World

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MOVING!

Go directly to my new site. Read on below for what's happening and why.

My latest news:

Oct 2, 2008

I'm in the process - probably a long and painful one - of moving my site to WordPress. It's going to take a while to copy all the content from here to the new site, and that one needs work to get it looking more like me (I'm hoping to get help and advice on a customized template and other necessities).

In the meantime, new material from now on will be published on the new Countries Beginning with I site, so please point your browser there. If you find me via an RSS feed, please change it to http://feedproxy.google.com/CountriesBeginningWithI

What's This All About?

I'm Deirdré Straughan (that's me in the upper left corner). This site collects my writings, photos, and videos - mostly about living in Italy and travelling in Italy (and elsewhere). But there are also sections on food, technology, my career, my life, the international school I attended in India, and what I think about it all - in short: my life in Italy, India, the Internet, and other countries beginning with I. You may not agree with everything I say (intelligent disagreement and other feedback welcome!), but I hope you enjoy reading it anyway.

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What's New Here

Sep 14 The Twitter Diaries: August, 2008, part 2

Sep 7 The Twitter Diaries: August, 2008

Sep 2 The Twitter Diaries: July, 2008 part b

Sep 1 Updated Italian Slang: Tacchinare, Provarci, alla Pecora

Sep 1 The Bi-Professional Couple

Sep 1 Google Analytics Stats on this Site, June-August 2008

Aug 31 The Twitter Diaries: July, 2008

Aug 19 Capulin Volcano

Aug 18 Pecos Pueblo and Santa Fe

Aug 13 Hello, Dolly!

Aug 13 Photo: Denver Prepares for the Democratic Convention

Aug 11 Photo Gallery: OpenCamp Rome, including interesting graffiti

Aug 10 Photo Gallery: Chiavenna

Aug 9 Photo Gallery: Venice

Aug 6 Photo Gallery: Rocky Mountain National Park

Jul 30 New Song: Piccolo Grande Amore

 

What's New on My Sun Blog

Jul 14 My New Baby

Site Archives

Chronological archive

Former front page photos

This Time in...

2001 About Woodstock School

2003 Alpe Giumello & Valcava, Changing Names - Italian Women Keep Their Own Surnames Upon Marriage , Another Rite of Passage Completed - Italian Middle School Exams

2004 Dining in Italy - Il Capriolo, Hostages, Olympics - National Differences in Coverage

2005 Katrina

2006 Italian Vacation Habits, Telecom Italia: "If Only I Had a Brain"

2007 Travel Diary, August 2007 - Adventures in Colorado and New Mexico