Food speaks to me
It’s no secret that food is its own language. Food can convey immense history, culture, and emotions through its array [...]
NFL regular-season preview
Are you ready for some football? With the 2025 National Football League (NFL) Preseason schedule underway, fans in the United [...]
Photo essay: Omaha Beach
There are risks to picking up sticks and moving to a foreign country, and a zillion questions arise: Am [...]
Kitty opinions: Sweet sleep
Well, maybe not so sweet for some. Present company excluded, of course. But I've been reading so many articles lately [...]
A view from rural Italy
A bright blue awning extends over my head, shading me from the bright sun rapidly warming Piazza Giacomo Matteotti. A [...]
Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Originally published in 1937, Zora Neale Hurston’s fourth and final novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, has come to be [...]
A moveable diplomat
I saw a plaque across the street from a Starbucks, in the posh Parisian neighborhood of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule. The words on [...]
MASH and the game of life
During my recent, biannual house cleaning, I came across a blue-lined sheet of paper from my childhood, where my friend [...]
Film: “Friendship”
It's hard to say whether narcissism is really at an all-time high or if there's just too much being said [...]
Our beloved Marilyn
Conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen and in the light of day rarely withstand serious scrutiny. But when the [...]
Mario Zoom
I called us the Zoomers. I was in my mid-twenties, a novice to Rome life. Behind the wheel of the [...]