A Dog’s Life
By and far, my favorite thing about living part-time in Sicily is reveling in the cultural differences between my “American” life and that which I share with my Sicilian cousins…
Wild Orgies, Black Magic and a Weird Englishman in Sicily
In 1920 occultist, mystic, magician and mountaineer, Aleister Crowley, arrived in Cefalù with two of his American mistresses and their two children. Known as The Great Beast 666 he…
An Interview with Franco Turdo – Part #1
With the internet, Sicilian-Americans in today’s world may be a part of their “homeland” in real time; never missing the banter of local political debates, the celebrations and religious processions,…
Maricchia – A Film by Franco Turdo
It is not often that an entire village – rather an entire region – pulls together to fulfill a life-long dream of a single individual. But in…
All Roads for Driving Shoes Lead to … Sicily?
What do Vic Elford, Michael Keyser, Marco and Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda, Jackie Ickx and Mia Walsh have in common? It turns out that a charming shoemaker from…
