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Newsletter: June 2026 – Authentic Experiences from Sicily, Ireland and Canada
The month of June gave us another reminder of why we’ve fallen so deeply in love with Sicily. My niece came to visit from Poland, eager to experience the Sicily we’d spent months describing to her. Not the version found in glossy travel brochures, but the real Sicily—the one hidden…
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Newsletter: May 2026 – The Gift of Time with Family and Friends
Every once in a while, I find that life quietly reminds me what matters most. Not through grand achievements or perfectly planned moments, but through ordinary conversations around kitchen tables, old stories repeated for the hundredth time, long friendships that somehow survived decades, and realizing that the people who have…
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Newsletter: April 2026 – All Roads Lead to Rome…and Towards Family
They say all roads lead to Rome—and that’s exactly where we found ourselves this month, on our way to Rome in order to fly back to Canada for Mother’s Day. In Italy, and especially in Sicily, time with family isn’t scheduled—it’s protected. And through winding roads, slow days, and the…
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Newsletter: March 2026 – Dolce Far Niente (The Sweetness of Doing Nothing) in Sicily!
Italians use the phrase “Dolce Far Niente”, which translates to, “The sweetness of doing nothing.” It’s a lifestyle choice to slow down and enjoy the simple moments in life.
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Newsletter: February 2026 – Our Last Month in South Africa
After nearly three years of full-time travel, I’ve started to notice the moments that stay with us most deeply are rarely the ones we schedule.
