Latina Today

A random comment I made in another blog was noticed and published, in part, by an Italian newspaper. The blog to which I refer is a controversial site.........stuffy at best. I follow the blog from Terracina, Italy (place of my youth). Mostly political but I like looking at the pictures and knowing what is going on there in these times. I made a comment and it generated hoopla I wasn't prepared for. Not only did they publish a blurb about it in one of the biggest newspapers in the area, but I have gotten feedback through other comments and private emails. Apparently they are not used to smiley faces in their blog!
This is a rough translation:

A comment in Terracinablog
The happy city
of my memories

She signs with the nickname Enchanted, it means encantato (enchanted). She speaks and writes only in english, (sic) but (through) her love of Terracina, she was able to express herself just the same in the Terracina blog. "Rather than comment on what is written, since my grasp of the Italian language has since escaped me, I comment on the photos. I came across your blog quite by accident or perhaps it was happenstance..." - the foreign visitor continues - "I remember the beauty of Terracina as it was in the 1960s, and recall the joy of it through Nonno's words as he told me the stories of his youth. Your pictures bring back the memories of my time there..." -continues- "and puts a visual content, in my mind, of Nonno's." In other words, in the midst of the fiery debates (going on) in the blog comes a voice of other, and perhaps, happier times. ...... (and) in few words concludes: I miss Terracina.

D.R.
From the daily “Latina Oggi” (Latina Today) of 28/11/08