I’ve just finished reading Philippe Sands’ East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes against Humanity.” I’d come across a recommendation to this winner of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction prize and added…
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I had a splendid time visiting the small city I once called home. I stayed with a good friend on a small island, soothed by tall trees and the sounds and scents of the ocean,…
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Shhhh! As I write this, I’m hiding out in the bedroom, with the A/C, while sheers (with the new building completed across the lane, we needed some light-preserving privacy) and a blackout blind are being…
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Our local heat wave has broken, with a promised “chance of showers” today and tomorrow, the “risk of thunderstorms” this afternoon. Enough “local smoke” to trigger an Air Quality Warning (wildfire on the outskirts of…
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My retirement coincided with one of my daughters moving to Rome with her husband and their little girl. This has meant that I’ve had the lucky problem of travelling to Europe twice a year, with…
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