Jagged little innocent
A long time I ago I had an ovarian cyst. The way it happened was this: one fine morning, quite [...]
Notes from the virus trenches
Former U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once made an unusual suggestion about how people should lead their lives. "Do one [...]
Refuge in Bach
Decades ago, as an amateur singer in Rome, I was lucky enough to find CIMA, a group that focuses on [...]
Honoring the dead
For such a beautiful and fertile region, Champagne has seen its share of bloodshed. Germans pushed the French and allies [...]
And what shall they do?
It is difficult to say what will change in Britain and Europe after Brexit. It is to be expected that [...]
At one with four wheels
As a native Californian and, perhaps more importantly, an Angeleno, I have spent a disproportionate amount of my life in [...]
Where everybody knows your name
Recently, a friend of mine traveling to Rome asked me to recommend where in the city he should stay. Trastevere? [...]
Winging the duck
Even a seasoned cook — and yes, I'd been waiting for a chance to spring that pun — has kitchen [...]
Don’t mess with tetanus
Long before I went bottoms-up in the Nile, the medical perils of southern Sudan had landed on my head — [...]
Climate change: firestorm rising
The wildfires that have raged for months in spring and summertime Australia are teaching the world some timely lessons in [...]
Tomorrow is another day
Working as an escort is 80 percent self-promotion and 20 percent action, which leaves plenty of time to consider the charms and wiles of Scarlett O'Hara, writes columnist Katrina Kent.