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January is the month when we look back at the year or years past and look forward to what the future will bring

As the New Year 2012 begins let us look back to the year 1912

Luigino, widely known simply as “Jeno”

In the cookie of life, Italians are the chocolate chips

Christmas carols in Italian

Veterans Day 2

Veterans Day

The Italian cemetery

October will always be Italian Heritage Month

Libya

A September selection of “Labor”

A September selection of Italian Connections

Big bambini

Labor Day

Ferragosto

July jottings with an Italian Connection

July opened with our patriotic celebration of Independence Day

King Victor Emmanuel

Memorial Day

Frank Sinatra

Mother’s Day is Sunday

Count of Cavour

Another April assortment

March, the third month of the year

A March Minestrone

A February assortment

A February Minestrone

Marco Polo

Football Teams’ playoffs

January jottings with an Italian Connection 2

January jotting with an Italian Connection

January is named after Janus

New Year, 2011, is a new chance

“Bella Lingua Italiana”

Let your voice be heard at Holiday Celebrations

Artist Sassoferrato

November Notes with an Italian Connection (Part 2)

November Notes with an Italian Connection

Armistice Day

November 2nd is All Souls Day

Italian artistic connections

Regions of Italy

Italian is the most beautiful language in the world

Italian heritage month

September snippets (2)

The volunteers

September snippets with a Labor focus and an Italian Connection

“Heroes” of Italian American organizations

As August days dwindle down

August is NOT the month the feast of St. Francis of Paola

August assortment 2

More July jottings 2010

The same boat, but a different float…

As July 4th approaches

Italian Connected odds and ends

Roland Bianchi

Trieste

Franciscan Fr. Efrem Trettel

May has many dates with an Italian connection

Mother’s Day, Sunday May 9th calls for a toast

Frank Sinatra left us on May 14th

Italian Connections

Italian Connections for you

Mussolini’s death

Mussolini Family

“Ghost Writer”

Easter Sunday

More March memos with an Italian Connection

“March”

Artichokes

Our third President, Thomas Jefferson

Superbowl Sunday

More January jottings

January jottings (part 2)

January jottings

On Christmas Eve

"La dolce vita"

Frank Sinatra was a December baby

Holiday Sing-alongs

In Cerca di Una Nuova Vita from Italy to California

"Italian Connection"

“La Famiglia”

Mt. Rushmore’s national Memorial

Rosa and Alessandro Pierucci

October collection

Italian minestrone

October snippets

Bits and pieces

Henri Dunant

Michael Bacarella’s Civil War Book

F.I.A.T.

Italian American contributions to the founding of our nation

July 4th celebrations

Father’s Day

Salvatore Marchese

June jottings

Rachel Boschetti

Lorenzo Scarpone

Couture’s Valentino

Mother's Day

Abruzzi aid to Jews during WWII

Harry Warren

Una Storia Segreta

Antonio Stradivarius

April assortment of Italian Connections

A major Italian Connection

“Grazie” to Ernie Rossi

It’s time to recycle my “St. Patrick was Italian”

Cookbooks

Sacred Heart Italian Church

“Grazie a Dio”

Valentine’s Day

The SuperBowl

Augusta Group

Thomas Jefferson

The first month of the new year

January jottings

L’Italo-Americano

San Nicola

Francis Albert Sinatra

Assisi

November notes

Umberto “Bert” Benedetti

Jay Pirrelli

Mario Lanza

Afghanistan

Damon Lanza

Mario Avignone

Labor Day parade

Aviation Italian Connections

August Assortment

Charlton Heston

Benito Mussolini

July 4th

June jottings

“onomastico”

Brides, Birthdays and Father’s Day

A May mix of Italian Connections

May, a month of celebrations

A May Mix

Mother’s Day

Young People

Matera

April assortment 2008

Great Quake

Guglielmo Marconi

A March minestrone

Annually Easter Sunday

My annual “Saint Patrick was Italian” and “Viva San Giuseppe”

The 100th Anniversary Celebration Banquet of our L’Italo-Americano

A February serving of an Italian Connection

A February potpourri

Centennial Spirit Awardee Maria Gloria

A February potpourri

“parole veloci”

Mario Lanza

Alto Adige’s Artists

Joseph Brucia

Good Healt in 2008

Christmas carols in Italian

Anita Perella Roddick

Wars on Christmas

November notes II

November notes I

Jay Pirrelli (II part)

Jay Pirrelli (I part)

All Saints Day

October assortment

Robert De Feo

Columbus bashing

Italian Heritage Month

Zucchero

Umberto “Bert” Benedetti

American-built Fiat

Angela Cannistraci

St. Rocco.

August assortment 2007

UNICO National Guglielmo Marconi Science Award

The Italian Cemetery in Colma

Liguri nel Mondo

America's patriotic

Ernesto Corday

Father's Day

June jottings

Memorial Day

A May Minestrone

Many Italian connections

Baci Perugina

Mother's Day

An April assortment

Ethnic Slurs

The Vigiano Family

More March dates

A March minestrone

“St. Patrick Was Italian” column

March memories

February dates with an Italian Connection

February, the traditional month of romance

Books from my bookshelf

January jottings

Looking backward in December

A December sweep of my desktop detritus

Yvonne Sangiacomo

November notes

November Veterans Day

November 2nd is All Souls Day

The month of the Italian Heritage

A September sampler of Italian Connections

August assortment

Characters

Gina Lollobrigida

"Festa della Repubblica"

Sorelle Salesiane

Padre Pio