

The Cooking Show
When I mention to people that I was a student of anthropology, and I was doing my thesis toward a doctoral degree, their response was...
D.T.
Apr 1, 2024


The Decision
The sky was grey most days, that approaching winter in November 1991 in Toronto. Not a charcoal grey, but a kind of joyless light grey. ...
D.T.
Sep 2, 2021


A taste of uisge-beatha
June 21, Culloden Moor Inn, Eastern Highlands, Scotland I walked into the empty pub and tried to adjust my eyes to the shadowy interior....
E.P.
Jul 20, 2021


Assisted Robotic Sincerity
In the 1990s and the early part of the 21st century, I was living in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County. It had 31 cities and...
D.T.
Dec 11, 2019


Dinner Party
Last week, Friday evening, Linda and I went to a dinner, invited by a woman whom we hardly knew. It was one of those invitations to...
D.T.
May 19, 2019


The Hall of Great Elegance
Lamb shank, a dish when well prepared, makes a wonderful meal. My friends Ron and Lesley invited me to dinner when my dear wife was in...
D.T.
Nov 13, 2018


Appreciating Pastry
I met M. through my wife, Linda. They belong to an aquarobic exercise group. Through M. I met her husband, their three grown daughters,...
D.T.
Jul 20, 2018


The dignity of Sayed: an encounter with a street seller
“Kiria (ma’am), do you need a mobile case? I have some very nice ones and very cheap, just five euros for you.” The red long rabbit’s...
E.P.
Dec 14, 2017


Men in passing: in three short acts
Act one: A street encounter with manpower My small apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo was Spartan in its furnishing. All there was, when...
G.A.
Sep 24, 2017