tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911448537861141728.post7144167641139972318..comments2024-03-18T12:43:02.945-07:00Comments on Living (with) abroad in Tuscany: Author Joe DiPietro presents an immigrant story from another sidePaul and Lucy Spadonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18320762457158246716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911448537861141728.post-79883038300031106782018-01-07T18:06:00.239-08:002018-01-07T18:06:00.239-08:00Life is an absolute wonder if you can think of it ...Life is an absolute wonder if you can think of it that way. Never restrict your mind from thinking the beautiful and enduring thoughts of love, hope, peace, gratitude and respect. Our powerful positive imagination helps us to experience the beauty of life in the most magical way. We are the sculptors of our mind. It’s our choice to give it the shape that we want. We can make the best Roman sculptures or we can make just make a blob of clay with no shapes at all. So, go ahead and make some beautiful masterpieces of thoughts wrapped with love, care, affection, joy, honesty, compassion with your passionate dreams intertwined in them.<br />♥ Stay happy and always be grateful ♥~Enzo.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13493459680529626375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911448537861141728.post-39391413539383934722018-01-07T13:12:04.373-08:002018-01-07T13:12:04.373-08:00I AM AN ITALIAN AMERICAN
"I am an Italian Ame...I AM AN ITALIAN AMERICAN<br />"I am an Italian American. My roots are deep in an ancient soil drenched by the Mediterranean sun, and watered by pure streams from snow capped mountains.<br />I am enriched by thousands of years of culture. My hands are those of the mason, the artist, the man of the soil. My thoughts have been recorded in the annals of Rome, the poetry of Virgil, the creations of Dante, and the philosophy of Benedetto Croce.<br />I am an Italian American and from my ancient world, I first spanned the seas to the new world. I am Cristoforo Colombo.<br />I am Giovanni Caboto known in American history as John Cabot, discoverer of the mainland of North America.<br />I am Amerigo Vespucci, who gave my name to the new world, America.<br />First to sail on the Great Lakes in 1679, founder of the territory that became the State of Illinois, colonizer of Louisiana and Arkansas, I am Enrico Tonti.<br />I am Filippo Mazzei, friend of Thomas Jefferson and my thesis on the equality of man was written into the Bill of Rights.<br />I am William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence.<br />I am an Italian American, I financed the Northwest Expedition of George Rogers Clark and accompanied him through the lands that would become Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. I am Colonel Francesco Vigo.<br />I mapped the Pacific from Mexico to Alaska and to the Philippines. I am Alessandro Malaspina.<br />I am Giacomo Beltrami, discoverer of the source of the Mississippi River in 1823.<br />I created the Dome of the United States Capitol. They called me the Michelangelo of America. I am Constantino Brumidi.<br />In 1904, I founded in San Francisco, the Bank of Italy now know as the Bank of America, the largest financial institution in the world. I am A.P. Giannini.<br />I am Enrico Fermi, father of nuclear science in America. liasion<br />First enlisted man to win the medal of Honor in World War II, I am John Basilone of New Jersey.<br />I am an Italian American. I am the million strong who served in America's armies and the tens of thousands whose names are enshrined in military cemeteries from Guadalcanal to the Rhine.<br />I am the steel maker in Pittsburgh, the grower in the Imperial Valley of California, the textile designer in Manhattan, the movie maker in Hollywood, the home maker and the breadwinner in 10,000 communities.<br />I am an American without stint or reservation, loving this land as only one who understands history, its agonies and its triumphs can love it and serve it.<br />I will not be told that my contribution is any less nor my role not as worthy as that of any other American.<br />I will stand in support of this nation's freedom and promise against all foes.<br />My heritage has dedicated me to this nation. I am proud of my full heritage, and I shall remain worthy of it.<br />I Am An Italian American...Enzo.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13493459680529626375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911448537861141728.post-49640709830200664082014-04-21T05:57:28.692-07:002014-04-21T05:57:28.692-07:00A moving story of what forms intended love can tak...A moving story of what forms intended love can take. My own thoughts are I'm not sure poverty alone is reason enough to break family ties. I can understand doing so if the effects of poverty are so great that basic needs are not being met but only for that reason.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163016429165760023noreply@blogger.com