This landscape is from the terrace at Borgo Nocchiara near Carlentini. The evening before this photo was taken, I sat on a stone wall of the agriturismo looking out at these olive groves and vineyards. While the sun set, I listened to the sounds of the sheep’s bells hanging in the distance as the flock…
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A Shack in the Sicilian Countryside
In Sicily, farmers traditionally didn’t live “on the farm.” They lived in town (For centuries when bandits were a serious daily menace, it was much safer.), and each day, they traveled to “the country” to tend their gardens and livestock (In many places today, they still do.). Still, when “in campagna,” storage shacks offered shelter…