The Artist’s Return
UNITED STATES—He was starting to nod off on the freeway. A taillight and ghost tree whose branches twisted half a mile down the road,...
The Cottage Chronicles: Fences
UNITED STATES—Katy is the neighbor with the junky porch and lots of cats. Lotte was the 96-year-old German neighbor with incontinence and an aversion...
A Touch Antisocial
UNITED STATES—It was the longest elevator ride I have ever spent, creeping from one floor to the next.
We boarded the elevator garage level at...
Schadenfreude (More Adventures Of Giselle)
UNITED STATES—I’m keeping my eyes on my clothes tumbling in the laundromat dryer. What do you think about separating clothes? I really don’t believe...
Schadenfreude (An Introduction)
UNITED STATES—I wouldn’t make a very good politician. I leave shambles, wars and broken hearts wherever I go. It must be my big mouth.
Anyhow,...
A Walk On The Bright Side
UNITED STATES—Wherever you turn in the City of Angels, there are words to turn things around, bright words, trite, words, wise words. They may...
My Brief Life As A Spy
UNITED STATES—One can be deceptively in awe of other nationalities when one belongs to the ink trade. They seem to have established more reliable...