tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post7221067626598862839..comments2024-03-07T07:47:38.595-08:00Comments on The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italy: GestationThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-69517729859650614392012-10-02T00:18:44.531-07:002012-10-02T00:18:44.531-07:00Cara Patrizia, thanks for stopping by and I'm ...Cara Patrizia, thanks for stopping by and I'm so glad you like the blog. I am looking forward to catching up with yours and I will be buying your book too - it sounds like a great, contemporary read.<br /><br />And thank you for your compliments! I was a little nervous but it was a lot of fun. Let's keep in touch!<br /><br />And Italian bureaucracy - it's very very disheartening. XcatThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-35338143881450678362012-10-01T10:01:41.144-07:002012-10-01T10:01:41.144-07:00Hi Catherine, your blog is so great!!!
I love it,...Hi Catherine, your blog is so great!!! <br />I love it, shame it's dinner time and I have to cook it. But I'll come back later, and of course I'll read your book. And yes it was a real pity we didn't have the chance to speak to each other, but you looked really great. I noticed, before our event, your silhouette from faraway in the square with your red hair flowing in the wind, you look like an actress in a French film!<br /><br />and about your post, welcome in the Italian burocracy! Extramammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090220469189599446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-76459988659906003432012-10-01T10:01:34.081-07:002012-10-01T10:01:34.081-07:00I'm trying to think that way. Next week. Next ...I'm trying to think that way. Next week. Next month. I'm also quite proud that I didn't blow up, that just fractures things for everybody. Argh!! We are still on it.<br /><br />Thanks Lyra. big Italian hugs to you xxThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-20865784718873496342012-09-30T20:44:25.636-07:002012-09-30T20:44:25.636-07:00My heart breaks for her. But you know what? Maybe,...My heart breaks for her. But you know what? Maybe, just maybe there is that moment in time and this wasn't it. Her time is next week. That day? Nope.<br /><br />It's the kind of thing I have to tell myself when my heart breaks for my kids. Otherwise it's too unbearable.<br /><br />And what a good mom you were to try and power around it but not to go nuts. It takes so much to walk that line when our kids are involved.<br /><br />Love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-46675557977894314392012-09-23T23:01:49.488-07:002012-09-23T23:01:49.488-07:00Hey Rachel, haven't been around at yours for a...Hey Rachel, haven't been around at yours for a while, good to see you. And thanks. But she won't stop singing - no danger of that - I think this will make her even more determined, and aware of the gatekeepers at first base! She has so much talent she really wants to give a it shot, and singing in the street (weddings and funerals?) is not a bad place to start working the public perhaps. Dunno, looks like I'll be the accompanist.. XThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-48286137050729313562012-09-23T22:54:49.118-07:002012-09-23T22:54:49.118-07:00Yes! So awful to see them up against big, painful ...Yes! So awful to see them up against big, painful challenges - and be absolutely, seethingly powerless. Argh!The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-52076860938595519272012-09-23T22:52:46.238-07:002012-09-23T22:52:46.238-07:00Thanks Hope. And many thanks for dropping by. ciao...Thanks Hope. And many thanks for dropping by. ciao catThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-84316826135727430792012-09-23T22:49:30.473-07:002012-09-23T22:49:30.473-07:00Sometimes they take so long to decide, don't t...Sometimes they take so long to decide, don't they? I have one son like that, the eldest, probably the one I made most burdened. I'll ask a friend if she has friends seeking an au pair - my kids are too big! - or I might nose about in town.<br />So glad you like ze book! Mille grazie! xxcatThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-64776239246628525602012-09-23T22:43:02.811-07:002012-09-23T22:43:02.811-07:00Yes it was so very painful, not even letting her b...Yes it was so very painful, not even letting her beautiful voice come out. Awful moments. I did years of piano exams and horrible eisteddfods (oh my Lord a Lizst duet!) so I know how she was primed. Needless to say, the director was well-meaning but useless..The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-34708788903623188562012-09-23T07:54:41.300-07:002012-09-23T07:54:41.300-07:00This jabbed into me right in the throat. Having on...This jabbed into me right in the throat. Having only been in this type of story from the child's viewpoint, I feel like waves are crashing as I think of whether my parents felt like this at times, and I never knew it.<br /><br />I'm really sorry for both of you, and hope things get ironed out soon. I spent my first 18 years doing piano and clarinet exams, so I know too well the agony of having it hang over one's head. xoxoHannahhttp://wayfaringchocolate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-44093682436889347232012-09-22T13:39:51.727-07:002012-09-22T13:39:51.727-07:00Awe. Most beautifully written tragic requiem for a...Awe. Most beautifully written tragic requiem for a dream I ever read, but I tell you, give someone a rule book and they'll throw it at you - swines. Hope your daughter doesn't let this stall her and doesn't stop singing - even if she has to do it in the street xRachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-49736027996947937672012-09-22T12:28:06.229-07:002012-09-22T12:28:06.229-07:00ps. Just bought the book...Chapter 1 had me hooked...ps. Just bought the book...Chapter 1 had me hooked... Yxsansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-2358142240205369822012-09-22T05:26:49.780-07:002012-09-22T05:26:49.780-07:00Meg is in the 'still undecided' phase. But...Meg is in the 'still undecided' phase. But that's progress!<br />She is re-applying to uni for next year (languages probably - but maybe music/english in the mix too)- in the meantime, you wouldn't happen to know anyone decent and good who needs an au pair for 6 months to a year? She's been looking - but some of the sites look dodgy (or they do to me!).<br />You are right about rule-breakers. Too often the most rabid keepers of the rulebook.<br />sansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-5436939556941623432012-09-21T19:12:24.541-07:002012-09-21T19:12:24.541-07:00Along with you, I meant of course. Along with you, I meant of course. Averil Deanhttp://averildean.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-81896462483444026032012-09-21T19:00:33.199-07:002012-09-21T19:00:33.199-07:00Poor kid. What a disappointment, to work so hard a...Poor kid. What a disappointment, to work so hard and then not even get the chance to audition. I'm furious with you. Averil Deanhttp://averildean.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-62531714518358143762012-09-21T07:30:31.284-07:002012-09-21T07:30:31.284-07:00Oh ,for God's sake. That stinks.Oh ,for God's sake. That stinks. hopehttp://www.unmappedcountry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-11103880536547581252012-09-21T00:05:24.607-07:002012-09-21T00:05:24.607-07:00I read your post and chuckled. I almost went for n...I read your post and chuckled. I almost went for number 5 but thankfully I didn't. With the way things turned out. You've been so productive!<br /><br />And yeah, the change of tone and unfolding uncertainties and this constant billowing course of transitions, it's so damned disorienting at times. Hard to hold together and what is together now, most days? How lovely another singing daughter - is she going ahead with it? Maybe they will work together one day, gg is so full of dreams but wants to work hard.<br />I know she will sing. And I know this will make her stronger. But argh! what rotten people, and so often the greatest rule breakers of them all! baci catThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-27412191689066646862012-09-20T23:56:11.589-07:002012-09-20T23:56:11.589-07:00Ah thanks Teri! What a trying week. And all in the...Ah thanks Teri! What a trying week. And all in the quest to sing beautiful, tragic music. We'll see what next week brings. I've had it with Italian bureaucracy!The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-69274911768736105102012-09-20T23:53:33.576-07:002012-09-20T23:53:33.576-07:00Oh I'm pretty fiery on my own too, but touch m...Oh I'm pretty fiery on my own too, but touch my kid and, well, I do become quite the tigress. Sometimes they have to calm me down saying, Mum don't lose it, it's not worth it. <br /><br />But sometimes it is!The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-66740304325451473452012-09-20T12:06:45.330-07:002012-09-20T12:06:45.330-07:00What a load of nonsense! I can't believe the ...What a load of nonsense! I can't believe the end of this story!! A big hug for you and your girl. Terihttp://tericarter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-60365239349288409192012-09-20T07:35:35.525-07:002012-09-20T07:35:35.525-07:00Oh yes, the labour part does get easier... By numb...Oh yes, the labour part does get easier... By number 5 I had it down to 3 minutes of soreness - though I had a shocked Grandpa-midwife on my hands (the story is on http://primerascanciones.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/confessions-of-page-3-stunnah-cont_07.html if you've time).<br />But the rest of it - the growing up-ness and the knocks they get on the way and then the leaving us stuff - it's all of that that hurts... and no amount of practice makes it easier.<br />My Meg sings too... taught by Scottish Opera soprano Heather Ewart. Her Caro Mio Ben breaks my heart still...<br />So much of your post resonates. Your daughter will finally get to sing - and when she does it will be even better for the waiting and fighting to get heard. Besos... Yxsansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-82069694250689146142012-09-20T02:42:35.008-07:002012-09-20T02:42:35.008-07:00Isn't it funny how we can be much more of a li...Isn't it funny how we can be much more of a lioness, an avenging angel, a fiery dragon on their behalf, than we could ever be on our own? My heart goes out to you!Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-11543229746895044032012-09-19T23:08:48.976-07:002012-09-19T23:08:48.976-07:00Thanks Francesca! It never gets any easier, does i...Thanks Francesca! It never gets any easier, does it? And I think mine too is far stronger than I ever was - or will be. Big hugs back xcatThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-66463856714640064812012-09-19T16:00:58.403-07:002012-09-19T16:00:58.403-07:00Oh my heart goes out to you both - I know this onl...Oh my heart goes out to you both - I know this only too well as a mother of a 16 year old daughter. It does make them stronger, they do get over it - but you know what? - I haven't! I need to take a leaf out of her book - because to this day I am still bloody! Great post - sending this with BIG hugs. F xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022569419713163845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-63913653514258399752012-09-19T03:41:47.604-07:002012-09-19T03:41:47.604-07:00Thanks Lisa. What a rotten day. I think she'll...Thanks Lisa. What a rotten day. I think she'll be stronger for it, and these jerks will still be crushing dreams. Today she went to Venice to see the Peggy Gugghenheim museum. Chins up! XThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.com