Working at my desk the other day, I felt the house cool as dusk fell. But since it’s officially spring I was reluctant to turn up the heat. Instead, I…
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Not a day goes by that I don’t notice an example of an American trend I wasn’t aware of during the 30 years I lived in Italy.
This week…
When you have a regular writing assignment such as this column, your brain runs a constant background search for the next topic, sometimes with surprising results.
For some unknown quirk…
Whenever I used to tell people that I lived in Italy, the response was almost inevitable. “Oh, that’s always been my dream!” they’d say. Then they’d go off on…
The highlight of my 2018 was a trip to France to commemorate the centenary of the World War I Armistice, signed on Nov. 11, 1918.
I was in a group…
As if the early snow and cold snap and leftover turkey sandwiches weren’t enough, now it’s the Christmas catalogs clogging my mailbox, announcing more holidays just around the corner.
As…
More than a year ago, I moved to rural New Hampshire from Milan, where I had lived for 30 years.
Making the move represented a major life change that many…
My father’s first job after his World War II service was as a medical officer on a Navy vessel in the Pacific. He was the venereal disease inspector for the…
Read more →One of the delights of director John M. Chu’s comedy “Crazy Rich Asians” is hearing the reasons viewers worldwide are finding the film important or fun. Gleeful American-born Asians celebrate…
Read more →The other day, after speaking at a conference and going out for dinner, I happened to pass a noisy and friendly family in the lobby of my hotel. They had…
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