Pickle or Paradise?
The year closes with our first Christmas holiday in Sicily, away from family, asking ourselves more than ever the question: Is this the land of our dreams or put us in the tightest spot.
Top 10 Meaningful Moments of 2022
Because it’s been an eventful year, we thought we’d hop on the bandwagon here and share a few of our top meaningful moments of 2022.
Why I Decided to Publish My Novel Online
How to make a living with words when the publishing world only wants to make money.
Healing Words
Two days before Christmas, my family and I were enjoying what passes for the usual holiday fare in our home when a moment arrived that no one had seen coming, changing our lives forever.
How to Stop Spending Money
A series exploring the decisions, changes, and principles we stuck to that made moving to Sicily possible.
Raccolta delle Olive
How Olive Oil Gets Made: Branch to Bottle in Under 4 days We had the incredible experience last week to help some friends in Troina with their olive harvest. Like many things in Sicily, it was a family affair and because these are very special people with very special ways,
About the book
My Novel-Work-in-Progress, The Dead Lion, published in serial form.
How Quitting a Job 15 Years Ago Made Moving to Sicily Possible
When Quitting is not Quitting, But Just Rebelling Better The final scene in the 2016 film Captain Fantastic involves no words, no gestures, no finishing, fading camera shots. It didn’t involve much of anything, really. Just the turn of a head from a table of children starting their day