The face of the moon and the circle of life
October 16, 2019
Sunrise and moonset. At the same moment; precious and rare. Thus, the morning concert begins: A church bell peals. A rooster crows. A dove coos. A dog barks. And Franco trundles down the steep driveway with his dawn … Read more
The who of the where
October 12, 2019
Writing from Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy, where we have returned for the fourth time. The learning of names, the remembering of their weight, tone and heft, the who of the where — is not unlike learning new students’ … Read more
From Barcelona with semi-colons
October 2, 2019
Why anyone would come all the way to lovely Barcelona to write about semi-colons is lost on this writer; I didn’t set out to do this. Rather, I’m just responding to a challenge from a grammar-wonky friend who inquired: … Read more