Category Archives: France

It is one of my comfort foods. Resistant to cultivation outside its native geography, and forced to unequivocally mark the arrival of autumn and autumn alone, the edible chestnut is something to look forward to this time of year if … Continue reading →

Last week, I was ending a two week trip to Japan. As in previous vacations, I made a point of not being connected electronically to any device, except when I went online in the hotel lobby to email our daughter … Continue reading →

My generation came of age during the rise of feminism, and one of the facets of traditional womanhood that it attacked was fashion. In particular, the dogma opposed high-heeled shoes. While they apparently make the foot and leg look seductive … Continue reading →

Is it the early rains? Being tired of lugging my painful foot around? I think it’s the hangover from watching evil run amok in Ken Burns’ “The War” combined with the malaise from reading The Bookseller of Kabul, yet another … Continue reading →

Back in July 2007, I used this space to provide some impressions of rapidly changing Italy, as a person who was born and partly raised there and who has spent some long periods of time in the country. Today, one … Continue reading →