Looming
“When we undertake the pilgrimage, it’s not just to escape the tyranny at home…
Heritage
Pictures and Parades
There is this picture of me, taken at my first gay pride parade, that is one of my…
The Son She Never Had
Luca inhaled deeply and then parked his cigarette in the ashtray. He turned to me,…
Sauce Making in Covid Times
So many of my ancient order have passed on, not from the Covid, but from the life. I have…
The Ghost in the Grape
Let us not pull any punches here. Nobody pulled any punches on him! His father-in-law is…
When It Is Time
Death begins the way it always does, so many times, with a phone call out of the blue. My…
La fioca luce di questo Natale
Read in English Se dovessi definire il periodo natalizio in una parola sarebbe: luce.…
A Certain Lamentation
We went down in the biblical sense to the city again. My wife and I. She went with me, in…
Cinquecento Love: My Life-Long Obsession with the Fiat 500
Nothing says Italian style like a Fiat 500 (pronounced cheen·kweh·CHEN·toh). My love…
Leaving America
The speedboat and ferry trails left furrows of white wake on the deep azure blue of the…