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Spilling My Words
It's been said that writers and artists cannot fail, that just becoming one is a success. Tell that to a starving artist denied a bank loan.
Is Changing the World for the Better in Need of a Reckoning?
The cost of doing good and the myth that everyone pays their fair share and the richest pay the most.
Staying Upright, Moving Forward, Part Three
The final chapter in our series of starting a business in Sicily shares how we are trying to stay in the zone despite a serious setback.
The Stuff of Lives
Since posting the story and image of the four bags we arrived in Sicily with, many people have asked if that’s all we brought from our previous lives in America, and after being told that it was in fact all we brought, they wanted to know what things did
One Day More, A Story of Gratitude
Well, Friends, what can we say, we’ve made it. Or almost made it. Just one day more. To celebrate our closing we’ll be releasing a special video tomorrow, but for now, I’d like to share a story. It may not seem to quite fit the moment, but
Here With You
There is a lot of value in just cutting to the chase, saying what you have to say and then seeing how things go from there. After all, we all have shorter (and more ignitable) attention spans these days...So, here goes: In making that video, or really, even before,
Why 30 Days Abroad Was No Vacation and Why Coming Back Was No Homecoming
The disposable gloves, the hand sanitizer and disinfectant, the blue surgical face masks (eventually replaced by colorful, but less effective [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-need-to-upgrade-our-face-masks-and-where-to-get-them/] , cloth-covered ones), the fear of touching and the worry of not touching, the isolation and six feet of space and a good attitude were
