Scriblets

I t suddenly occurred to me this morning that for reasons I don’t understand, as far as ink goes, Conway Stewart is a neglected brand in bl...

O ff on a day trip from Izmir to Ephesus in western Turkey, an ancient city with a rich Christian history. My companions are an elderly coup...

C an’t remember when I first became a fan of Gary Larson’s cartoon, The Far Side , but from the beginning it has kept me laughing, sometimes...

Q uinoa (Keen-wah) is a ‘grain’ that has been cultivated in the South American Andes since at least 3,000 BC and a staple food for millions ...

O ne of those golden days in Tokyo, with hints of an invigorating spring now blowing our way, no more than two weeks over the horizon. Just ...

L ast week a friend passed on to me a battered paperback of the Robert Harris book, Pompeii , published in 2002. I have an interest in the R...

L ooking at the most recent post on Everyday Correspondence this morning, I read an article written by Jackie Flaherty called, “Correspond...