Laying down my pen for the summer

Writing in Rome #3

Jul 07, 2024

∙ Paid

a very old and very heavy Italian-English dictionary that now is mostly used to press flowers. Every so often I leaf through it and learn new words in both languages. The mug is from Deruta in Umbria where I go to buy more pottery than I actually need…

Below you’ll find an update on my current writing in progress as part of my Writing in Rome series. This collection of entries is intended to be a companion to the writing projects I am working on outside of what I share here on Substack. My goal is to use this space as a notebook, a writing journal of sorts, to document my process as I

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