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  • DOLOMITES 2016
  • EMILIA-ROMAGNA
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Category: FAMILY

My Cousin John: A Remembrance

On September 26, 2021October 15, 2022 By janinitalyIn FAMILY2 Comments

It was September 1982. I was a freshman at Ohio University and I had learned a few months earlier that my cousin John was a senior there. I got his telephone number and called him. He knew about me being there. We just needed to connect.   When I reached him, the conversation went something like, “John, this is your …

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A tribute to my Uncle Charlie, my Italy buddy

On August 4, 2019December 30, 2019 By janinitalyIn FAMILY3 Comments

The first time I went to Italy, I spent a month with cousins in Grotte, Sicily, discovering my mother’s hometown. Then I was back in Rome, ready to start an internship with the Associated Press. I was 22. My Uncle Charlie was the next Grotte visitor. He and my mom went back to their hometown …

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Catching up with Cousins, Lots of Cousins

On August 15, 2018December 30, 2019 By janinitalyIn FAMILY3 Comments

At our family picnics, there are so many cousins and children of cousins and their  children, it can be a challenge to meet and greet everyone. My Aunt Joleen has the system nailed down though, as I witnessed at our recent gathering. “Now, who are you?” she simply asked, as she made the rounds. And that’s …

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