Notebook

The colonial report

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:11:57+00:00 October 31st, 2017|"Notebook"|

Eastern reporters still searching for clues to explain the ascent of Donald Trump repeat a condescending error again and again.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:11:11+00:00 September 27th, 2017|"Notebook"|

How many times have you heard someone tell you they're writing a novel? Truth is, most of the time they're not, or can't.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:10:35+00:00 August 28th, 2017|"Notebook"|

If you're a freelancer and work enters your life at its own pace, your local library (no, not Amazon) can enrich the passing days.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:10:10+00:00 August 6th, 2017|"Notebook"|

A summer vacation in New Hampshire feels like so many others until you realize its not a vacation at all.

After a quarter century in Milan, Madeleine Johnson heads home to America, but not before a nod to her city.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:08:47+00:00 May 29th, 2017|"Notebook"|

The author arrived in Milan in 1992. Now, 25 years later, it's another city and another Italy. Or is it?

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:08:16+00:00 May 5th, 2017|"Notebook"|

PBS had a golden opportunity to make World War I clear to a new generation, but forgot the fighting.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:07:29+00:00 March 31st, 2017|"Notebook"|

The author knew Charles "Chuck" Murphy in another life. Now, the one he knew is over.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:06:35+00:00 February 26th, 2017|"Notebook"|

Swimming in a Milan temple of fascism can help with the creative process, no tyranny required.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:05:44+00:00 January 25th, 2017|"Notebook"|

Pakistan, a country often pilloried by the West, affords one author with an oasis of energy.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:05:03+00:00 December 17th, 2016|"Notebook"|

Growing up in the U.S. Midwest, Christmas was a quirky mix of the vAnglo-Saxon and the Latin.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:04:34+00:00 November 27th, 2016|"Notebook"|

How the presence of a small dog in a hallowed place among new refugees can change night to day.