by Mary As with all readers, bookcases have been a constant presence in my living spaces. The first graced a Victorian terraced house, ...

by Eric It's mid-afternoon and the cafe in downtown Manhattan is brightly lit but the actor who goes by the name A. Mann is only a fl...

by Mary Dining by candlelight sounds romantic but not when there's been no power for almost a week. Such was the case when the 1978...

by Eric Out here in the Pennsylvania mountains winter comes down like old age. Everything creaks: the walls at night; the stairs as I car...

by Eric When I was small my grandmother read me the story of Scuppers the Sailor Dog. The Little Golden book, written by Margaret Wise Br...

by Mary This is the time of year when assorted versions of Dickens' seasonal masterpiece A Christmas Carol vie for space on TV and st...

by Mary Years ago, a friend who lived in the Middle East at the time mentioned she had met another expat who worked for the BBC. who obse...