Where can you find Paolo Sarpi and Mick Jagger, the earliest book peddlers and Nazi’s, comfort reads and medieval marginalia, bouqinistes...

That summer of 1989 was distinguished by a philosophy of carpe diem and a Faustian desire to learn. We were young. We were far from home....

I read Haroun and the Sea of Stories recently (the book however is 30 years old) and it smacks of right now even after all this time. The...

She in her play pen trying to escape and me in my high chair cheering her on. Wobbly but determined she would grip the edge of the play...

During the past five months of change, I have turned to books and movies for their cerebral sustenance and the comforting familiar ritual...

The citations below are all true and come from our family’s collection of Italianisms/Canadianisms and plain goofy but effective...

Nestled on my lap Your warmth penetrates my skin Your vulnerability is also mine Trusting abandonment We are hushed and still We are snug...

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse (this is where Clement Clarke...

We are just now dipping our toes into fall, and already there is the frisson of Christmas in the air. Briskness of breezes and warm cozy...

DOMINANCE Grunt and thump Past death past hell and beyond Again and again and more SHE Maelstrom of evil Tempting in pretty colors Don’t...