The goddess of mystery, perhaps

Felch, J. (2011) ‘The goddess of mystery, perhaps’, Los Angeles Times, 29 May.

AIDONE, ITALY — In ancient times, central Sicily was the bread basket of the Western world. Fields of rolling wheat and wildflowers, groves of olive and pomegranate and citrus — even today, fertility seems to spring from the volcanic soils surrounding Mt. Etna as if by divine inspiration.

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