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This is Steve and Franca. Welcome to our newsletter about surrendering your heart to longing, forging meaningful purpose and finding your place in the world.

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On Sicily

All of your questions answered here.

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Our Mission

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Jante Rules of Life

Everything you need to know about societal living, inclusion, humility, a proper way of life, and achieving a unique state of balance without pride, greed, or jealousy

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The Steve and Francas

Flourishing together in a variety of roles

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Repost: Time on Our Hands

This week, we're taking a step back in time to look at time itself. It fits in nicely with water, which holds, as I mentioned in last week's post, power over all other things. Except, perhaps, time. Particularly, as I quote in the article, mind time,

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(Awe)Some Day in Sicily

September Tour with Sicily Connect Hi there, I've been wanting to add more photos of our travels here in Sicily to the things I publish on The Revelate for a while now. I know what you might be thinking: More? And, yes, I know, at times I can

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It Ain't Just the Money

The Secret to Living Longer  support my writing Last week I wrote about the connection between income and cost of living, which can be either good or not-so-good news depending on where you are (it’s all bad news if you live in Mississippi—$30k lower than the US average)

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Strings of Unknown Forces

By far the most often response we get when we tell people we meet—especially younger generations currently hard at work—that we left America to come to Italy is one part equal measure 🫶 of course you did to 🤌🏼 what is wrong with you? The latter opinion usually coming down

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The Romeo & Juliet Express

Getting on Board Relationships. We all got em, the late Jimmy Buffett bemoaned in his song, Fruitcakes. We all want em. What do we do with em? It’s a fair question. A riddle that seems never to have just one solution (for his part, Buffett suggests the answer lies

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How to Pasta

Join us in welcoming Colatura di Alici to your cooking repertoire in this special edition of one (awe)some day in Sicily featuring Franca

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The Sounds of Sicily

Friends reminded me recently of the many interesting (or not) sounds you find here in Sicily, suggesting they might make a pretty good addition to readers of this newsletter. I recalled with them having made once a couple of years ago and then realized I had never shared it here.

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Muncibeddu!




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