Rick Bailey

We’re finding beautiful chicory. Bitter and delicious.

Hey Siri, Take a Note Why do we call it longhand? What happened to cursive? Does it matter?

Hands free—to do what?

#lifewriting

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Book launch.

Love the bw. It gets at something in Venice. The loneliness.

Venice Carnival photo

Carnevale 2022. They really put on a show.

Milk, Please–by the glass, the litre, and the gallon No one, as far as I can tell, drinks milk in Italy.  Whenever I find myself standing in line at the supermarket, holding a liter of milk–latte parzialmente scremato, which I take to be fresh 2…

I should have out-grown this habit a long time ago. #food #drink #health #Americans

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Certosino di Bologna

When we are in Italy late fall, we always go to Bologna to hang out in the quadrilatero market area. We buy sweets and then have lunch. This year's certosino was fantastic. We're eating it a small piece at a time. The merchant/artist is Paola Atti, on Via Drapperie.

Woman in maschera

That time of year, coming soon--

Hello, Mr. President (a reading) Podcast (play or download). A reading/slideshow of an essay in my new book, American English, Italian Chocolate.

That time Jimmy Carter appeared in a dream.

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The Road Signs of Italy–What?? Driving into Rimini the other night, I saw a road sign that made no sense. To me the sign said, like, Do something. Or possibly, Don’t do something. And do it, or don’t do it, soon after you see th…

Drive with care.

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More Slob than Snob My sister-in-law used to say, “If you want something good, you have to get it out of a box.” She was referring to the chocolate cake we were enjoying.

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It is. 4:20 pm.

I’ve got one of those. A gondola photo like that, I mean. Somewhere.

With NY’s comes the miracle of still being here. And the importance of being here better.

Keep going!

Lago di Bolsena, the wisdom

I’m having bread and Nutella, a lot of it, today and tomorrow. Starting Jan 1, I’ll cut back on the bread.

I’ve been seeing so many ass adjectives lately. Just now, empty-ass. I’m wondering if it’s an American thing. In other English speaking countries, are speakers ass friendly? is the ass option available?

If I had dentures, I would want different sets. A set to wear to the hockey game, a set to wear to the opera, a set to scare my grandchildren with.

Venice at night is magic. Tens of thousands of people leave the city. You have it almost to yourself.

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Drop and Add A novel about adjunct teaching, the colleagues, the students, the economic challenges. How a new PhD in English makes a go of it.

“College culture is an irresistible topic for humor, and Rick Bailey’s impeccable comic timing is on full display in his novel, Drop and Add.”

The new novel by @baileyrv.bsky.social

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If you taught college writing in the US, especially what they call developmental writing,

if you were ever an adjunct instructor reckoning with bad pay, bad hours, and institutional politics in which you had little or no voice,

check out this novel. On Amazon.

Get out there.

I thought it said rewild yourself.

So tired of “the way forward.”

Whoever invented glitter should go to prison.

Yay? the kids decided to stay an extra day.

The Peter et cetera ref.