Loss of Teenage Dreams
I don’t know if he has recognized me. Frank Spadari. He’s even more handsome now with…
Writings
The Darkness You Hold
(for Joseph Altobelli) Imagine this: you are twenty-four years old and you long to take…
The Motorcycle
“Monsieur, Monsieur.” He could hear a voice far away. Then he felt a light…
The Hog Slaughter: February 1862
The hog is limp, having shuddered its last breath after a single blow to the head with a…
Light and Space in the Piazza
In 2007, legal immigrants made up 6.2% of the population of Italy. The number of illegal…
Food tv fantasia
Each morning espresso or cappuccino at historic chic cafe’s in rome, milan, venice and…
Queen of the Majorettes
Judy needs to pee. Beyond the barricade of blankets, she feels a chill against her…
Black Friday Sales Event Master
I’m wearing knee pads under my sweat pants. I have a pair of plastic no-shatter glasses…
Crossing Cultures
We’re waiting to catch a train to Venice, four of us: my husband and I, our son and…
Filò: An Olde-Tyme Christmas Story
The ritual demanded that if the girl wasn’t interested in a suitor, she would decline…