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Welcome to The Revelate, a newsletter about surrendering your heart to longing, forging meaningful purpose and finding a place in the world to flourish.
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
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
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.
Muncibeddu!
Linosa, oh my, Linosa
One of the smallest, best kept secrets of the Mediterranean Seas.
I'm Sorry, What?
A Short Story
When All Is Said and Done
Have you been searching for a better way of surrendering yourself to longing and purpose that doesn’t involve some form of railing against the many ways in which the world can disappoint? Maybe a better way lies simply in seeking everyday moments of awe.
How to Revelate
Oh, The Wonders of Life I get the question every now and then why The Revelate. What even does that mean? Some time ago I shared the title's origin story and wrote a question and answer piece to attempt to answer that. The explanation was alright, but not
The View from Here
What the road says about longing and why we should listen.
Transumanza 2024
Celebrating our donkey on Endangered Species Day This past weekend we had the pleasure of taking part in our town's 2024 Transumanza, which is, you may recall from our post on last year's event, the practice, or, in official animal husbandry-speak, transhumance, of moving livestock from