WOUNDED BIRD

There is a remarkable moment in Elena Ferrante’s novel "The Lost Daughter" when the narrator, a middle-aged professor of litera...

After my adventure-filled day shopping as told in Long Whine - Part 1 , we headed home, where I hoped to find peace for the rest of the d...

For the first time, Grandpère grew heirloom tomatoes in his garden.  The tomatoes don't look beautiful in the pictures, nor are th...

  Sorry for the late Valentine's Day greetings, but I just now took the picture of my valentine from Grandpère - three lovely camelli...

  Diana: I know I've lived here a long time, but do I like this person? Where is his hair? His arms are hairy, but his head....  So...

There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said, though some days I'm louder about other stuff so it's easy ...

Yesterday afternoon, Grandpère opened a can of Mountain Dew in the back yard, took a swig and put the can down briefly to do a chore. A few...

...Tom, aka Grandpère. Poor baby has an abscessed tooth. Our dentist saw him this morning and gave him antibiotics, but he doesn't do ...