{"id":5326,"date":"2017-09-25T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T22:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=5326"},"modified":"2017-09-25T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T22:42:01","slug":"bisnonna-antonia-cavaliere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/bisnonna-antonia-cavaliere","title":{"rendered":"Bisnonna &#8211; Antonia Cavaliere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/antoniacavaliere-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/antoniacavaliere-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/antoniacavaliere-600x841.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/antoniacavaliere-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/antoniacavaliere-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/antoniacavaliere-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/antoniacavaliere.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>I never knew her, she died when my mother was a little girl. All that I know of her are from stories. Stories my mother told me about how affectionate she was, in her childhood where she got little affection. Stories my grandmother told me of a woman who was clever, but didn&#8217;t speak English, learning how to barter and dicker in the USA for the things she needed to buy.  The woman who could spin a tale from a time when the only entertainment after dark were stories told around the fire. She had several books memorized, and their hearth was a favorite in the neighborhood.   She could sew, cook, raise vegetables and livestock.  I wore a nightgown she made for her trousseau once, she was really good with a needle. She died when she was 62 years old, younger than I am now. Sometimes I wish she and I could sit down and talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never knew her, she died when my mother was a little girl. All that I know of her are from stories. 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