# sicily day (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sicily day. Page: Feed: --- ## [What’s in a (Pen) Name?](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-pen-name) _2026-08-22 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ I Want to be Fernando Pessoa… or at least one of his pseudonyms ## [What Dante Can Teach Us About Character](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/what-dante-can-teach-us-about-character) _2026-08-15 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ 700 years old and it still matters ## [Writing Without Reading](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/writing-without-reading) _2026-08-08 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ Thank goodness for Rachel Cusk ## [The Post-Literate Future Will Lead to the Post-Creative Future](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/the-post-literate-future-will-lead) _2026-08-01 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ And that promises to be boring and unfulfilling ## [A Story of Literary Masochism](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/a-story-of-literary-masochism) _2026-07-25 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ I’m in query hell. Why am I doing this to myself? Why are we? ## [I’m Constructing an App Using AI](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/im-constructing-an-app-using-ai) _2026-07-18 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ And it makes me wonder about the nature of intelligence ## [Malta/Sicily Day 12: Malta to Home](https://altmode.org/2026/07/16/malta-sicily-day-12-malta-to-home/) _2026-07-16 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Thursday, June 25, 2026 Kenna and I woke up extra early today so that we could have our bags packed and placed outside our cabin door by 7 am. We beat that schedule by a few minutes, which gave us time to take a final stroll around the Sea Cloud II and get some coffee. \[ \] ## [Malta/Sicily Day 11: Return to Valletta](https://altmode.org/2026/07/15/malta-sicily-day-11-return-to-valletta/) _2026-07-15 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Wednesday, June 24, 2026 The last full day of our cruise was spent not actually cruising, but docked at Valletta. Due to an enormous (over 6000 passenger) cruise ship, the Sea Cloud II was forced to dock some distance from the cruise passenger terminal, which meant that we had to take shuttle buses to get \[ \] ## [Malta/Sicily Day 10: Gozo, Malta](https://altmode.org/2026/07/14/malta-sicily-day-10-gozo-malta/) _2026-07-14 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Tuesday, June 23, 2026 After an overnight cruise from Sicily, we arrived at the second-largest island of Malta, Gozo. Unlike most of our earlier port calls, we anchored offshore and used tenders (lifeboats) to reach Mgarr, the primary port city. After arriving at the port, we boarded buses to travel to the Gjantija Temples, which \[ \] ## [Malta/Sicily Day 9: Syracuse, Sicily](https://altmode.org/2026/07/13/malta-sicily-day-9-syracuse-sicily/) _2026-07-13 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Monday, June 22, 2026 Today we explore the last Sicilian city of our tour: Siracusa (Syracuse). After breakfast, we boarded buses to go to the Archaeological Park, which includes some large ancient caves where prisoners toiled and were imprisoned. The park also includes both a Greek theatre and a Roman amphitheatre. We learned two significant \[ \] ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oQfKQk67Mrk5) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Malta/Sicily Day 8: Taormina, Sicily](https://altmode.org/2026/07/12/malta-sicily-day-8-taormina-sicily/) _2026-07-12 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Sunday, June 21, 2026 This morning the Sea Cloud II passed through the Strait of Messina separating Sicily with the Italy mainland. We disembarked nearby at Messina, and took a one-hour bus ride to the town of Taormina. Like Erice, Taormina is another city situated well above the coast for defensive reasons. We were given \[ \] ## [Malta/Sicily Day 7: At Sea](https://altmode.org/2026/07/11/malta-sicily-day-7-at-sea/) _2026-07-11 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Saturday, June 20, 2026 Today is our second day at sea as we travel along the north coast of Sicily. Kenna and I took advantage of the morning light exercise and stretching that was offered. After breakfast, guests that had pre-qualified for physical readiness (primarily stair climbing and balance) were given an opportunity to climb \[ \] ## [How Should the Arts be Funded?](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/how-should-the-arts-be-funded) _2026-07-11 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ Government or philanthropy? ## [Malta/Sicily Day 6: Erice and Marsala, Sicily](https://altmode.org/2026/07/10/malta-sicily-day-6-erice-and-marsala-sicily/) _2026-07-10 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Friday, June 19, 2026 Overnight, the Sea Cloud II took us to the northwestern Sicily city of Erice. Erice is a historic triangular-shaped city situated high on a hill, with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. The main church (duomo) was notable for its intricately carved ceiling, and was generally lighter in color and brighter \[ \] ## [Malta/Sicily Day 5: Port Empedocle and Agrigento, Sicily](https://altmode.org/2026/07/09/malta-sicily-day-5-port-empedocle-and-agrigento-sicily/) _2026-07-09 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Thursday, June 18, 2026 This morning we docked at Port Empedocle in southern Sicily for a short bus ride to the Valley of the Temples in nearby Agrigento. “Valley of the Temples” is really a misnomer; the temples were built on a ridge looking down on the surrounding landscape. We walked a mile or so, \[ \] ## [Malta/Sicily Day 4: At Sea](https://altmode.org/2026/07/08/malta-sicily-day-4-at-sea/) _2026-07-08 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Our first full day aboard the Sea Cloud II is an “At Sea” day as we sail from Malta to southwestern Sicily. It was also the first opportunity to deploy the sails and actually sail without benefit of the ship’s engines. We began with a detailed description of the sail deployment \[ \] ## [Malta/Sicily Day 3: Malta Sightseeing](https://altmode.org/2026/07/07/malta-sicily-day-3-malta-sightseeing/) _2026-07-07 · Jim Fenton · Altmode_ Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Today is the last day of our pre-trip, and in the afternoon we will board the Sea Cloud II. We boarded a small bus, traveling to the south side of Malta’s main island. We were scheduled to take a boat into the Blue Grotto there, but weather conditions didn’t permit that, \[ \] ## [The Creative Resistance](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/the-creative-resistance) _2026-07-04 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ A truly American phenomenon ## [Can We Save Literary Writing?](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/can-we-save-literary-writing) _2026-06-20 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ If we’re ever going to make any change in the market we’ve got to organize ## [Summing Up Sicily](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/summing-up-sicily) _2026-06-15 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ A Sicilian author, the universal blindness of the publishing industry, and other observations ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7Jkl8r15JZwf) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Sicily Day 6: Far Niente](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/sicily-day-6-far-niente) _2026-06-07 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ A series of day trips has kept me from writing. ## [Sicily Day 4: The Server Difference](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/sicily-day-4-the-server-difference) _2026-06-04 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ To tip or not to tip ## [Sicily Day 3](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/sicily-day-3) _2026-06-03 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ The heat isn’t only in the kitchen ## [Our First Two Days in Catania](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/our-first-two-days-in-catania) _2026-06-02 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ Great food, great people, really bad music ## [Have Publishing Professionals Become Mediocre Bureaucrats?](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/have-publishing-professionals-become) _2026-05-30 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ The pressures of the biz may give them no choice ## [If Art Becomes Commodity is it Still Art?](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/if-art-becomes-commodity-is-it-still) _2026-05-23 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ How copyright, influencers, and AI serve business interests at artists' expense ## [A F\*\*\*ing Think Piece on Profanity in Literature and Culture](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/a-fing-think-piece-on-profanity-in) _2026-05-16 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ Warning: Vulgarity, and lots of it! Do not read if those words offend you. ## [On Vocational Awe](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/on-vocational-awe) _2026-05-09 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ The two sides of writers and the lies we tell ourselves ## [Helping Young Men Rediscover Reading](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/helping-young-men-rediscover-reading) _2026-05-02 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ First in an occasional series ## [It Was All on Star Trek](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/it-was-all-on-star-trek) _2026-04-25 · Evil Twin · Beyond Craft_ And it suggests something about writing to the market ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yws03rf1Cf1r) _2026-04-25 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Some Thoughts on Marketing Your Work](https://beyondcraft.substack.com/p/some-thoughts-on-marketing-your-work) _2026-04-18 · Joe Ponepinto · Beyond Craft_ How do writers reconcile serious work with the bullshit of marketing?