by admin | Aug 15, 2019 | News
“Feels like 44,” the radio announced as I drove into a parking garage in Aix-en-Provence recently. That’s 111° Fahrenheit. On the pavement outside the garage, a woman of about 50 sat crumpled against a wall. Her black garments looked hot. “My husband is dead,”...
by admin | Jul 3, 2019 | News
“Pretty as a new-laid egg” Mrs. Ladu, my fifth-grade teacher, was a fierce guardian of the English language. A single “ain’t” evoked her wrath. Since then I’ve tried to keep the faith. But at lunch in the mountains of East Tennessee recently, the cook came over to...
