An oil painting of a lit candle.

Sight Unseen

A blind expat's musings on life, death and the Trump era

April 24, 2026 | Rome, Italy
Strong insults and professional envy.

No love lost

Pillars of Renaissance art, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were anything but bosom buddies.

Freedom of exclamation.

Blurt

Adult expression, in love with exclamation, has made the foolish and the childish into an adult norm.