The Ionian Sea
Ortygia, Sicily 2015
Our apartment was on the tip of the island. It was only a few steps to this side where fisherman would go out each morning to get the mussels that clung to the rocks. Little boys would clamber over the rocks nearer shore and fill buckets with mussels for the family dinner. How proud they must be to present the catch to their mothers. It’s how boys learn to be men.