Writings

I wish…

I wish… My all-encompassing wish is that you live. That is all.I am sitting with you as medical personnel of… Read More »I wish…

Los Duendes: It’s My Story and I’m Sticking, Really Sticking, To It Whose house this is I cannot think. Encrusted dishes… Read More »los duendes

You look out the window to see the dark cloud cover, a gray beret atop the blue bald pate of… Read More »A february day

My mother was one to spout what she thought an apt aphorism for certain occasions. Sometimes they made sense and… Read More »Like it or lump it

I forget I’m not 25, the age I feel, until the grocery clerk asks, “Do you qualify for any special… Read More »So Many Questions

I cry every time I’m in the presence of paintings by the Impressionists, so it’s no wonder I spent the… Read More »Visiting the immersive “Beyond Van Gogh”

I have just finished watching a wonderful Britbox series, called “Time.” Not only is it well-acted, but the story line… Read More »This is what happens when I watch a film

Top reviews from the United States Neal Lemery 5.0 out of 5 stars A Terrific Tale Reviewed in the United States… Read More »Thanks for the great reviews!

I grew up in a house where both doors, front and back, were situated on the same side of the… Read More »How you Know you’re family: the back door syndrome

For several months now, a splattered cream and brown splotchy dribble sat in the middle of our kitchen window. Every… Read More »Assumptions