Casa
It’s 1964, Montreal. And a photograph shows me taking my first steps in my…
Nonfiction
Nonno Luigi’s Garage
How do you pass the time when you are under Covid lockdown during a bone-chilling winter…
Life Is What Happens…
In a moment in time, a seismic pandemic strikes like a bolt of lightning and…
Homesick
I am four. It is my birthday and there is a Sesame Street themed cake, a pile of…
More
More than the greatest love the world has known This is the love that I give to you alone…
Antonietta’s Garden
During this extraordinary and unsettling time, I have found my mind wandering to the…
Piazza Purgatorio: A Love Letter to Italy During the Pandemic
“T’avia sarbàtu du aranci. Mah…” says Zia Carmela. I saved you the last of the…
Clump
There is more drama in plant life than meets the eye. For as long as I can remember, the…
Letting Go of the People in My Head
When I was completing the sixth volume of a series I set in a fictional village in…
Mio Men
In kinder, gentler times, there was a man who came around on his truck to deliver what I…