Episode 145: Living the Italian Dream at home in Australia!
Welcome to Episode #145:
This share is all about reflecting on a recent milestone of seven years of podcasting and sharing stories and conversations about this Italian Love Affair - it has been a journey of living between two worlds and cultivating a sense of meaning from my journeys to Italy and being at home in Australia.
I share how my books on Italian culture and living my own version of the Italian dream has been a journey of discovery and illumination over the past twenty years. There is so much that I have been attracted to in Italy that I have made my own over the years living in country NSW with my cypress and olive trees, and yes the dream has been realised without my even knowing it.
I talk about the "Values Renaissance" that has been simmering in the background of my own world and how I have come to terms with honouring what really matters at home and in life. It has been a wild journey and a wonderfully spirited process of learning and living....
That beautiful olive specimen I bought a week before Olivia was born… And it is winter in the garden - I still need to rake the leaves
At home making the iconic biscotti we always eat! I always eat more to the point….
Shownotes:
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
The Olive Farm & The Olive Tree by Carol Drinkwater
I Eat the Stars by Sarah Wilson
This One Wild and Precious Life by Sarah Wilson (see below)
Intermezzo by Michelle Johnston is happening sometime this year!
Wild Podcast with Sarah Wilson & Ruth Ben-Ghiat
At home where the seasons rule the kitchen…
The first entry to the orchard and garden beds…
The books on Italian Food have been a true inspiration over the years!
Sarah’s Wild and Precious Life - somehow I found this in my archive with Dante, I think he would approve!