Stranger on the Bridge
The quiet ambiance of this pieds à terre in Manhattan, has been obliterated by the clamor of my own [...]
The Art of Learning to Die
The Art of Learning to Die “While I thought I was learning how to live, I [...]
Culinary Delicacies Tinged with Grief
‘Gomboc’ (pronounced gomboats), are the Hungarian version of potato dumplings. Like matzo balls, their success or failure depends on [...]
Walls
I have an illusive memory of standing in my crib wailing piteously, my heart fluttering like a chickadee’s, all [...]
Rolls Royce
In our family cars were handed down from one to another the way outgrown clothes are passed down in other [...]
Philip’s Foible
It was snowing the night Philip’s ill-fated impulse led him to Lucy’s house. He hadn’t intended to go there, he [...]
Love in the Times of Covid
In an effort to extricate herself from pandemic paralysis, Ella decides on an outing to Trinity Bellwoods Park. Rattan [...]
The Value of Toys
Only a few of the most resilient managed to return from the camps. They were determined to rebuild from [...]
Celebration
The seventies had just begun, an exciting new decade that saw me sliding into adulthood. Literally sliding this day [...]
Dream
I had a dream, which did not seem a dream, more like a vague reminiscence. Beyond the shadows of the [...]
