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?
Steve
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.
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.
Montebello
Mount Etna, or Montebello (beautiful mountain), as it is known throughout Italy—Muncibbeḍḍu in Sicilian for those wondering—is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe with the height as of July 2021 measured at 3,357 m (11,014 ft), though this varies with summit eruptions.
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The One on Saeculum
Etruscans, B Corp and climate change. What does any of this have to do with ending a long debate and lending a hand to the next generations?
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.
Staying Upright, Moving Forward, Part Two
Staying Upright, Moving Forward, Part One
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