Easing into France

May 12, 2018

Sure. Right. Everybody’s so depressed because the world is coming to an end. Iran. North Korea. Stormy. Blah. Blah. Blah. …

This year’s demi-tour (U-turn)

June 5, 2016

We are so fortunate this year. What with the weeks of torrential rains we’ve saved an absolute fortune on sunscreen. …

May 24, 2016

The world is topsy turvy. Migrants fleeing war, famine and poverty are pushing Europe to reexamine its generosity. And morality. …

June 10, 2015

Back in my newspaper reporter days one of the fundamental axioms of journalism was that things – fires, school bus …

May 29, 2015

An entire winter is a long time to hold your breath. Especially this past arctic winter in New England. Walking …

July 27, 2014

This has been the summer of being flexible, of rolling with the punches. And of things, as they seem to …

July 5, 2014

With some trepidation I surreptitiously checked out the guy standing on my right in the cable car taking us up …

April 26, 2014

They say the mind retains no specific memory of pain, specific in the sense that on your deathbed you will …