tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post9018218528220619657..comments2024-03-08T09:42:28.879+01:00Comments on Burnt by the Tuscan Sun: R.I.P.Irreverent Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-45033815023620567362007-11-13T12:25:00.000+01:002007-11-13T12:25:00.000+01:00Unfortunately a couple years back I was initiated ...Unfortunately a couple years back I was initiated into this whole "mourning" ritual when a family member here passed away. I was kind of taken aback that people send telegrams but that is definitely standard practice and the "right" thing to do among Italians. We had to start a file with all of them so we could perform the proper response ritual...sending those morbid white cards with the black line across the upper left corner. I found them so creepy and sad, and yet, you wouldn't believe how incredibly hard it was to find them. In the end we got "lucky" because the funeral home provided us with some. <BR/>*Shiver.* I miss Hallmark too, let me tell you!!Shelley - At Home in Romehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07852984952753737225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-21683216169767161242007-11-05T18:33:00.000+01:002007-11-05T18:33:00.000+01:00Well, I would definitely admit that I am homesick ...Well, I would definitely admit that I am homesick for those aisles and aisles of cards -- even to celebrate your divorce -- in America! That, and the aisles and aisles of breakfast cereals!!!Irreverent Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-45577272587483041192007-11-05T17:28:00.000+01:002007-11-05T17:28:00.000+01:00Admit it you are homesick... or just missing Hallm...Admit it you are homesick... or just missing Hallmark§Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-53291874332621158172007-11-05T09:35:00.000+01:002007-11-05T09:35:00.000+01:00Great post. I've been through the same EXACT scena...Great post. I've been through the same EXACT scenario... I searched high and low for condolence cards and after being told 12 times that I should "send a telegram" (who knew people still did that?!?) the only other options offered to me was a tiny little white note card that was supposed to have a black line of it, but since they were out of those I was told to merely draw a black line in the corner.<BR/>Yeah....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com