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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,
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
Checking the Box
We began the blog, Without Envy, years ago to share our journey of raising a child with Type One Diabetes to live life to the fullest. We had no idea just how far the idea would take us.
Entanglement
For this month's Naked Truth, a never before published short story of real events which never happened but had they, they might've gone something like this.
Out for an Aimless Walk
Many things shape our coming to Sicily, but one near and dear to our hearts is the incredible opportunities to get outside and take an aimless walk.
The Story of a House
How the poem Eros Turannos helped me see beyond the death of my father and understand better the joy and happenstance of sharing a life together.
This is a Mistake
The trials, errors and revelations of moving to Sicily
Penso di Sì (I think so)
We'd done everything we could to be prepared so that I could swiftly and efficiently take up Italian residency. Why did this seem harder than it should be?
The Lever and Fulcrum
Our life in Sicily is not that different from our life in America in that we arrived here with the same passion to be part of a community.