Alessia Hughes

Christmas Eve was the real holiday for the people of San Donato. It was the day they ate the most and spent time with their neighbors....

The afternoons always felt quicker to Lucia than the mornings at school, and soon enough they were dismissed and the school day was over....

Sunday morning still meant all of San Donato gathered at the top of the mountain in their small church. On a bright and dry August...

Pasta hung from every chair, shelf, and rack in the room. Flour and egg shells piled up on the large wooden table at the center of the...

I’ve always wanted to write a book. I've always thought, someday. But I always pushed "someday" off. Finally, last December, I made...

San Donato Val di Comino 1943 Nightfall brings a silent peace as the shadows of the mountains grow larger and move above the town in the...

With the recent news of both David Ortiz's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame and Tom Brady's retirement from football, I thought...

Sailing through the waves with you Is all that I can remember and You are the most vivid part. Still, I can’t remember what You looked...

I still vividly remember coming home in first grade with the most recent copy of the Scholastic book magazine. I’d sit in one of the two...