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The Cost of a Smile

Fran Gallo — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:32:15 +0000

My friend Giorgio Modica of Modica, Sicily, passed away on January 24. On his death notice, his family wrote Fu Angelo. Translation: He was an angel. In his youth, Giorgio immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lived for many years. He loved Canada, but he yearned to live out his later years in his beloved [...]

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Stehekin Stillness

Fran Gallo — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 03:58:59 +0000

I am in Stehekin, Washington this very moment. Outside this cabin, a barred owl calls out to us, breaking the stillness of the night. And, yes, I have WiFi and so I can blog! I've been coming to Stehekin annually since 2003 with Leslie and Rick. Well, there were three years when we did not [...]

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2023 Retrospective Perspective

Fran Gallo — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 03:38:37 +0000

I bring to you a blog post capturing my year in photos. It was a good year, overall, with some bumps along the road, especially this last month of December, when I had to close my yoga studio for one month due to flooding and the damage it caused. Though many of the photos [...]

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The Color Of Toni-Love

Fran Gallo — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 04:06:30 +0000

Yesterday marked two years since my sister Toni died from COVID-19. I am proud to say I had the honor of tending to her during her last months on earth. I am relieved to say that during her last months of life, she was not alone. I still miss her. She has become a part [...]

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Invincible

Fran Gallo — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 01:29:51 +0000

Here we are in the midst of the holiday season. Rick and I have put up a cheerful strings of lights in the yoga studio, our holiday lights are up on the condo balcony, and I am busy as ever, wrapping up the year. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I went to the East Coast to [...]

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