WRITING

Easter eggs
A fourth selection from my novel
We jump ahead to the second chapter in this preview of my first novel. “Who travels on Easter Sunday?” Hana...
Doctors office
The third excerpt from my novel
The fiber-optic camera cable slid up into his sinus and down the back of his throat, only becoming uncomfortable...
NYC bus
A second excerpt from my novel
They ate breakfast huddled against a cold plate-glass window, displayed like mannequins to passersby...
Mid-town Manhattan
A preview of my first novel, Destiny and Other Follies
We begin. Nothing changed it: His simple demand remained disconnected from his power to be heard. The...
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Georgia and Armenia: More impressions
A Soviet-era cable car dangles part-way between the lower station and the top of the hillside mine. Although...
View of Tbilisi
Travel to Tbilisi: First impressions
The number of travelers in the All Other Passports queue shocked me. Staggering off my flight from Munich...
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Horseback riding in the Camargue
Somehow the wild gray horses of the Camargue had worked their way into my head years ago; I have no idea...
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French firefighters provide a reassuring sense of safety
The roar of aircraft passing overhead at low altitude drew me outside my little Airbnb pool house in...
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An ode to Lederhosen
After I divorced late last year and relocated to Austria, I joined a gym. I needed the routine, the contact...