New Story on Substack: SUNDAY LUNCH

"Spring teased us last week -- after three or four almost balmy days, we woke Sunday morning to a snow storm. Not much of one, but enough to drop a dusting on all the mountaintops around us. So, we took a little trip over to Scheggino in the Valnerina, which is the next valley east of us, for a Sunday lunch. It’s a whole different landscape over there. Whereas our Spoleto Valley is miles wide with farms, olive groves and vineyards, the Valnerina is narrow and steep-sided, carved through the surrounding mountains by the swift-running River Nera."

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