Interview with Edmondo Marra by Maria Teresa De Donato Today I am very happy to introduce to you again my friend and colleague-author Dr. Edmondo Marra, Physician, Writer, and ex-Mayor of Volturara Irpina (AV), whom I have already had the pleasure and honor of hosting on my Blog and Virtual Cultural Salon.A history and genealogy…
Interview with Edmondo Marra by Maria Teresa De Donato Another very welcome guest came back to visit us today on my Blog and Virtual Cultural Salon. It’s my dear friend and colleague-author Dr. Edmondo Marra, retired physician and former Mayor of Volturara Irpina, the native land of a branch of my ancestors. The topics Edmondo…
Interview with Edmondo Marra, Author, former MD and Mayor by Maria Teresa De Donato I could have titled this article of mine and cataloged my interview in various ways, but my instinct immediately suggested me to classify it first under “Neighborhood and sense of community” for a series of reasons that will emerge during this…
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., Life Strategist “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” stated Lao-Tzu sometime between the 5th and the 4th century B.C. Though one might think at first that’s like stating the obvious, the reality is that for so many among us, sometimes it appears that moving…
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., Life Strategist “I wish I had done…”, “I always wanted to…”, “If only my parents had…”, “I wish I could…”, “Had I married [or not married] them…I would have….” How many thoughts, statements, and complaints have you heard so far in your life? And how many of them have…
“Education should inculcate in all of us the idea that Mankind is only one family with common interests. And, as consequence, that cooperation is more important than competition.” (Bertrand Russell) Most of us will agree that comparing ourselves to others happens more often than we wish it would. And this since a very early age:…
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., Life Strategist (Phillip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon) Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away Get real! How many times have we heard and even used this expression? Hundreds, maybe even thousands. But what does “getting real” means, and why…
