Area 51

In college, I had a lanky, long-haired roommate with a grin on loan from leprechauns. He’d bound through our dormitory [...]

A cardiologist is interrupted mid-visit with a patient by an incoming call she says she must take. The electrocardiogram is [...]

I woke recently from a protracted linguistic slumber to find myself enlightened. During my somnolence, woke had been transformed from [...]

My ailing plumber resides in one of Dante’s less agreeable “new normal” cellars. He is desperately ill with liver cancer [...]

In the years before his death earlier this year at the age of 89, my erudite brother had turned away [...]

One friend, an influential member of European mass media, bemoans the disappearance of what he calls “fluidity.” Another, far younger [...]

In a dream, I kissed a woman. Not once or twice or as part of a seduction but as a [...]

My brother died on September 16 at the age of 89, and I will miss him terribly. Despite the significant [...]

These are the dog days of Rome’s traditionally scalding summers. It is hotter than July because it’s one step further [...]

Here was the problem, I explained to the technician some forty years ago. My Rome apartment, a delight in every [...]

My favorite COVID conspiracy theory comes from my electrician, Carlo, who was here the other day patching up some rogue [...]