Hi, I'm Steve
This is my newsletter on longing, purpose and finding your place in the world
New Year's Rest-olutions
For a few years when we were a much younger family, we would make New Year’s Resolutions together with our kids. Like together together, offering one another suggestions on what to target for self-improvement, habits to make or break, goals to achieve. Matters of such nature that would on
Welcome to 2024
Hi there, and welcome to 2024! We’re excited for what this coming year might hold, which we will talk to shortly. But because last year defied any kind of prediction we’re mostly taking a wait and see attitude on making any predictions (though we do have a few)
Everywhere I’m Going I Ride Trains
Plus a few other measures that matter Hello, and welcome to this week’s Revelate. We’re in Germany and France this week, enjoying a new favorite pastime, immersing our feet (and all other body parts) in the German spa culture, and seeing one of our favorite bands, Dire Straits,
Why Without Envy?
and a few other things that matter Our mission here at The Revelate is simple: To uncover proof you can pull back the blinds of hypocrisy and sort through the nonsense we’re taught about life to surrender your heart to longing, forge meaningful purpose and find your place in
Was, not Was
It was the best of times, (it was) So we’ve been back from the U.S. for a few days now and despite the distraction wrecked by angry old men from all points on the fucking compass, we have mostly re-settled into a routine here in Sicily. Not the
Back to America
I have three lists of all the things I need to do before we leave for the US in less than two weeks. We’ll be gone 30 days. To say that I’m a bit stressed is kind of an understatement. Our youngest daughter’s final show at UNC-Greensboro
Here, because why not?
Part Three of the question: Why here? What is it about Troina that drew us here? My answer may surprise you.
Fair Winds and Full Sails
Hi there! If you follow The Revelate on social media (Instagram and Facebook) you may have noticed we’ve made some changes to those platforms, starting with our handle, what we call ourselves. While the posts, reels and other material we’ve shared there captures well our thoughts on longing,
Who Am I?
Our own self-image is one of the hardest things from which we must sometimes learn to part. My family gave me this guitar sixteen years ago for my 42nd birthday. It was an expensive and lovely and completely unreasonable gift. The kind you give an adult-man-child who thinks they know
Cheese
Hello, I love you Some things require no context. We feel this particular day in Sicily is one of them. Thanks for watching, reading, and following us here at The Revelate. Buona Domenica! 0:00 /0:53 1× Show your love & support As an independent, reader-funded operation, I rely
Who You Love is Where You Belong
As part of my series I'm sharing this month on place and happiness, I thought for Franca's birthday, which arrives this week, I'd share a photo montage of all the places we've lived together. A kind of subliminal introspection that we might
Does Where you Live Even Matter?
An article recently appeared in the New York Times which caught my attention for obvious reasons. The Bargain You Make Living in America May No Longer Hold was written by an opinion piece editor who writes mostly about politics and so I almost didn’t read it because, honestly, I’