Friends! After several months of intense reconstructive surgery, my website is now back on-line thanks to exceptional webmasters Ernesto Buttafoco and Annabelle Adie. Please have…
“Jesus said to them: Peace be with you.” “Eight-year-old Anne said to them: Peas be with you.” The Pocket Credo in the garden It wasn’t…
Friends, I’m pleased to announce my website is currently being redesigned and will emerge gorgeous from its chrysalis – thanks to web designers Ernesto Buttafoco…
A picture on the cover of Libération this week gave us an apercu of Pope Benedict’s ruby slippers. They are courtesy of Prada and GORGEOUS…
Yesterday, in a conversation I was having with a Louvah – I shall call her Miss Susie – I learned of yet another modern-day syndrome…
Gentle Readers, my recent posts have been long. Hence a shorty. 1) A current trend in literary criticism examines famous authors through the lens of…
How is it that different cultures suffer from different maladies? Back in 19th century England and America the Dyspepsia had the privilege of bossing around…
While in Normandy over the holidays I spent time with an extraordinary book, an encyclopedic compendium of recipes – 3,760 in all – translated into…
The Louvahs are coming! The Louvahs are coming! Which is why I’ve been awake since three a.m. and now it’s seven and I have to…
I woke up at 5:30 this morning looking forward to the day. I love the winter solstice and how it plunges us into the dark…