Before the majority of the population is molded into overachievers with aggressive competitive spirits, ultra ambitious plans and sharply...

The seventh century is a very important time for the future of Italy, for it marks the beginning of the Islamic expansion; an expansion...

Certain authors have a certain heft about them; so much so, that at times, reading their work seems daunting. When you read a quote such...

“yum” is international Whilst in Italy I picked up the above cookbook, by Jaimie Oliver, in the translated Italian version. It is one of...

The day we met, a major storm was brewing. The city was a flurry with bits of paper and garbage whipping about in a crazy dance of leaps,...

Ever notice that when there is less information provided, you automatically look harder, try harder, think harder in order to fill in the...

Who are you? It all starts the moment you walk into a room. The facial and body scan, the behavioral check, followed by the detection of...

The trees outside the bedroom window are bare, as is the wisteria and the grapevine. I won’t be here to see the eruption of buds and...

What a read! A confession of sorts within an answer to a question…”What were you to my father?” A declaration of having existed on this...

I was hit squarely with the strong distinctive odor of cabbage and fried schnitzel while descending the stairs from my friend’s fourth...