Una serata assurda - An absurd evening

Margherita Hack
Just back from holidays. Many things happened, and maybe I’ll find the time to report about a few of them. But the funniest, and at the same time the most frustrating one was a public talk I gave together with Margherita Hack. She is the most famous Italian popularizer of astronomy, and she appears quite often on national TV channels, newspapers and magazines.
The day after I wrote a short novel about this evening. As I really needed to use many words, and my English is not good enough for that, I had to write it in Italian, my mother tongue. If you happen to understand it, here you go.
Sono appena tornato dalle vacanze. Sono successe molte cose, e forse trovero’ il tempo per parlarne, almeno di alcune. Ma la piu’ divertente, ed allo stesso tempo la piu’ frustrante, e’ stata una conferenza pubblica che ho tenuto assieme a Margherita Hack. E’ la piu’ famosa divulgatrice italiana di astronomia, e appare spesso in TV, sui giornali e sulle riviste.
Il giorno dopo ho scritto un breve racconto. Siccome mi servivano un sacco di parole, ed il mio inglese non e’ sufficientemente buono, l’ho scritto in italiano. ...