Slow week, slow month, slow decade
In small town Tuscany, puttering around is a vocation, gossip also, and columnist Elisa Scarton Detti listens, avidly even.
Other people’s messes
Can you live with other people's messes? It's a question I've pondered with my husband, usually after being at the [...]
The secret life of nonnas (or, Jesus’ lost arm)
It’s 11 a.m. on a Thursday and I’m pushing the tiny purples sills on my bingo card back up for [...]
T-Rex in your bed
Pets are a relationship mainstay, right? What's a love affair without a dog or a cat? I'd taken pets for [...]
A peril named Davide
When your Tuscan "neighbor" has a window into your home, you have a problem, writes Elisa Scarton Detti
Seelenverwandte
To love is easy and therefore common — but to understand — how rare it is! L.M. Montgomery, from the [...]
Welcome to the jungle
Ever dreamt of taking a summer to explore the undiscovered and authentic corners of southern Tuscany? If so, you're most [...]
The fizzle
Questions about love, dating, and relationships are frequently tossed my way. Never mind my own less-than-perfect relationship record, or that [...]
With the Tuscan… male
DESPERATELY DELUSIONAL Elisa Vittoria Scarton Detti, nearing 30, seeks stereotypical tall, dark and handsome Italian man. Must be passionate, stubborn [...]
When she falls for her
Coming up with clear answers when people ask questions about heterosexual breakups is hard enough. Add gender issues and it [...]