Mary Jean | Substack

Mary Jean

Translator of life from Italian to English. I use words, paint, and fabric, and come up with my best ideas when I am out moving in the world or engrossed in an Italian crossword puzzle.

A Perch Near the Po

A Perch Near the Po

Inferences after observations by an awkward American living in the Po Valley in Northern Italy.

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