Italiano al Tempo del Covid 2021

Da Firenze Today... San Lorenzo martire (Osca, Spagna 225 - Roma 258) si celebra il 10 Agosto, giorno della sua morte. Egli completò gli studi teologici e umanistici a Saragozza, con uno dei migliori insegnanti della città, al quale rimase legato da una profonda amicizia. In seguito, i due amici decisero di spostarsi a Roma, centro della cristianità, per vivere appieno la loro vocazione di fede. Qui, nel 257, il maestro divenne papa con il nome di Sisto II affidando

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 Pizza dough!!!! Video.  https://youtu.be/a_noYdQ6CaI INGREDIENTS: 1kg/35.27oz “00” flour (+ extra for dusting) 1 teaspoon dry yeast 600ml/2.5 cups water 5 teaspoons salt Drizzle extra virgin olive oil UTENSILS: Stand mixer (or, your hands!) using flat beater/dough hook attachment Large mixing bowl Table or bench space Pizza peel Oven that can reach up to 400 °C – 750°F For this easy Neapolitan pizza dough recipe, pour 2.5 cups of water into the bowl from your stand mixer and add 10%/100g flour. Mix this well using your stand mixer (or in a bowl with your hands). Next add the yeast and mix again for around 2 minutes. Then, add 50% of your leftover flour (approx. 450g). Mix this at a low speed and allow it to become creamy and smooth. Increase the speed and while this is mixing, add some more flour just a bit at a time until there is none left. Once you have added the final amount, increase the speed again and knead this for 5 minutes. Switch off the mixer then remove the attac...

 Questo l'uomo lavora su un diponto. La scala è così altro!

 Da The Washington Post, Creativity may be the Guide to Healthy Aging. 19 luglio 2021  
“People who travel tend to be more creative,” said Darya Zabelina, a psychology professor at the University of Arkansas Traveling encourages people to reexamine their models of reality, Zabelina said. Some studies show that travelers have more creative success, and people who enjoy unfamiliar experiences perform better on divergent thinking tests, open-ended questions calling for numerous ideas. Performance on these tests differs from IQ and may predict aspects of real-world creativity.
Writer Naomi Shihab Nye, 69, of San Antonio calls herself a “wandering poet.” Through extensive travel, she’s become more observant, writing about the parallels she sees among different cultures in her work, which includes novels, young adult fiction, picture books, songwriting and poetry. “It’s utterly important to keep exposing yourself to experiences to be less rigid and judgmental,” said Nye, who receive...

 Ascolto a Per Dirti Ciao.  Non so che si tratta di morte. Penso che si tratta di una storia d'amore interrotta🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣☠️ Or 💔

Il Colibri /The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi Let us pray for him, and for all the ships  out at sea,” writes   Sandro Veronesi , in both the opening and closing chapters of his novel   The Hummingbird . Bookended like a call to prayer, Veronesi’s most acclaimed work, recently published in English, is a reflective and hopeful contemporary take on the Italian family saga, following Marco Carrera, a middle-class family man who manages to hover over the chaos of his life as winds of change threaten to blow him off course.   The Hummingbird  has captivated European readers, selling more than 300,000 copies in Italy alone and making Veronesi only the second author to win the Premio Strega, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, twice. The film adaptation is in production in Italy, starring Nanni Moretti (winner of the Cannes Palm d’Or) and Bérénice Bejo (nominated for an Oscar for her role in  The Artist ) and the novel hashe work has already been translated ...