Best of times, worst of times
Amid the West's travails with COVID-19, a not-so-little detail is often passed over. Almost miraculously, the pandemic hasn't found much [...]
La mangione
Not so long ago I was feeding my daughter Julia bites of sweet potato fries at dinner. Suddenly, though, she [...]
You can’t go home again
As a boy, my Sicilian ophthalmologist was for a long time addicted to American dog shows. He avidly watched "Rin [...]
Signs of civilization
As a former educator, one of the things I remember best, and perhaps even miss a bit, is the tendency [...]
Over the edge
To believe the world was flat conferred wonderful advantages to any boy who would not budge from this belief. At [...]
Litte Miss Warming
My daughter Rebecca has turned down CNN and Fox. She will not be their COVID puppet. Not that they asked, [...]
Turn, turn, turn
It was a few days ago that I noticed it in the garden. Welcomed by the sun's heat, flashes of [...]
The Darth Vader syndrome
My friend Mary is in a funk. She thinks the world is coming to an end because of COVID-19. She [...]
In a breath
I've returned to meditating lately. What's a bit different this time around is that I'm now doing it daily. I'd [...]
And the sun also rises
In June I made an appointment with my barber Franco whose shop is about a 15-minute walk from my home. [...]
COVID-19: Paranoia is your best friend
The Russians claim they have the world's first effective coronavirus vaccine and have dubbed it Sputnik V, as if we [...]