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Market Day in Cortona: a memory

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Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Sep 30, 2024
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Saturday: Market day in Cortona

Panino di porchetta, poco grasso, con la crosta, per favore!

We would take the little red Cinquecento, the smallest and humblest of our automobiles, to do our weekly stocking up, bread, w…

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