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Steven Lee Gilbert
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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.

Steven Lee Gilbert
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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,

Steven Lee Gilbert
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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

Steven Lee Gilbert
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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 have the whole damn thing backwards. That the

Steven Lee Gilbert
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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’

Steven Lee Gilbert
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A Eulogy for Another Day

In memory of my friend, Mike Russo

Steven Lee Gilbert
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Why Troina?

Part Two of the question: Why here? What is it about Troina that drew us here?

Steven Lee Gilbert
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The One Revelate I Regret

Or, Longing to be Normal I made a mistake. A couple of weeks ago, in a post in which I wrote about staying in control of our life’s direction. I said that the bakery in Tarboro had been a mistake. I called it a  failure to be exact. It

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Final Words on the German Spa Experience

More on our recent visit to a German spa and the enlightening practice of going textile-free

Steven Lee Gilbert
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Operation Husky

The Allied Invasion of Sicily, 1943 This month marks the 80th anniversary of the allied invasion of Sicily, a major campaign of World War II, which, though fraught with terrible decision-making, the cosmically, un-empathetic egos of Generals Patton and Montgomery, and rotten weather conditions, ended in the first defeat of

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Crunching Numbers to find the Right Words

Part One of the question: Why here? A Comparative Cost Analysis of Living in Sicily vs. the US

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Underwater and Loving It!

I'm feeling a bit underwater these days, especially in terms of writing, as it has been a busy Spring. Busy, but nice, with a host of beloved visitors. It's made it difficult to carve out the time, wherewithal or both to produce anything of much value. Mind you, I'm not

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