Andy HoffmanWe have to start with Shakespeare, because his play sets the tone. Over the centuries, people have taken so many perspectives on this tragic love…
I woke up in the mountains of Brazil, in a small reconstructed colonial town called Tiradentes, named for an independence fighter who helped separate Brazil…
We live the way we do in small part because it quiets the awful noise made by the collapse of the American experiment in democracy.…
Beginning in 2022, both Deb and I have taken writing retreats at the T.S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts; we go separately, because of the…
Our first morning in Montreal, after a grueling drive that forced a late arrival, our hosts prepared a welcoming meal. Our hosts had invited us…
Deborah LeipzigerI saw his picture on Bumble; there he was holding a very small reptile in his hands. I knew it was not a snake. But…
We awaken in a yellow room, which glows with bright sunshine.
I know, that’s a weird apostrophe, one of those apostrophes that grammar nerds lose their cool over. Even more weird, Louis Family Restaurant sits amid…
February 2025 Today we are meeting my parents in Ibirapuera Park, a gorgeous oasis inside São Paulo, with palm trees, orchids, and bromelias. The café…
Deb and I voluntarily parted for two weeks. It wasn’t like any parting I had experienced before, and – like anyone who has lived long…