A.G.
Jul 12, 2017
A taste of Zoroastrian wine
The young man from the reception desk came and sat next to me, quietly and with no apparent purpose. “Would you like to have something to...
A.G.
Apr 30, 2017
A Psychic Encounter
“I see a health problem around your abdomen, you have tried to treat it naturopathically, but it will not work. You will have to take a...
NJ.B.
Apr 8, 2017
The Shopper
One of the most wonderful aspects of living overseas was the opportunities Chad and I had for vacation travel. And the best of all...
D.T.
Mar 6, 2017
Baxter’s World
In the early 1970s, in order to further my studies in Art History, I went to a small university in a small town in Nova Scotia, on the...
K.B.V
Jan 23, 2017
Following a Ferrari Up the Matterhorn
During the summer I turned 50, I stood with my husband, Gene, and our thirteen-year-old daughter, Karin, in front of the Bergfűhrerbűreau...
C.K.
Nov 25, 2016
Opposite Encounters
Four years ago. Thursday morning. I step onto the plane with mixed feelings. I am glad that I will see him again, I have missed him a...
A.P.
Nov 15, 2016
The Deer Musk
Adam was, and I quote him, “the only son and child of a Jewish mother” who happened to be a psychoanalyst with a PhD and recently...
R.B.
Oct 28, 2016
An Exuberance of Grandfathers - a merry encounter with ‘kefi’
It was just about sunset when we reached Myrina, the main harbor on the island of Limnos but with no room on the town quay we dropped...
R.B.
Oct 23, 2016
Nephtys: a sailing encounter in the Aegean
July 5, 2014 - North Aegean* Wind appears to be a hot topic this year. It’s obvious that to sail a boat you need wind, ergo wind must be...
P.L.M
Oct 20, 2016
A Bike Ride Around Lake Geneva
My teeth bite into hard butter and break the baguette’s crust. The friend of a friend’s (FOAF) wiry fingers claw two pieces of Swiss...
