Mythic Sicily: Sometimes the Web Just Hands it To You on a Plate

With my Sicily writing I’m kind of stalled because I didn’t study the geography enough going in.  So, I started looking for Sicilian maps.  Sometimes the Internet just hands you random awesome.  Check out the second map at  http://www.bestofsicily.com/roadmap.htm and note that each ancient site has its own minipage of description. So, that’s basically all I need to get…

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First set of Sicily notes

I’ve been working on some Sicilian material. based on a biography by an author named van Cleve.  My notes are on a separate page. I’ve been transcribing these notes for a month or so, but I’ve been stuck on the last chapter for ages.  My plan, rather than continuing to plod through the pages and…

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Sprinting toward Sicily

I work for the only public library service in this country that doesn’t charge you for interlibrary loans*.  This means I can have rather more interlibrary loans than most other people, but it does mean that I get myself into situations like the one I’m currently in. I’m going to be doing a Mythic Sicily…

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