BACK TO CLASS – THE JOY OF WRITING
(Writing lessons with Patrick Pfister)

In the Casa Orlandai, a beautiful modernista building across from the Sarrià metro stop, the International Women’s Club of Barcelona holds court. My wife is a member…

A Flash Memoir and Collage by Deborah Wilbrink

It had been a long day, fun and fishing on the ocean. Now I reached into the back seat of the new-smelling coupe for my purse, wanting to refresh my lipstick during…

One of the good things of living in Europe is the lack of fear. Kids play around schools, on the street, the many play-yards in the neighborhood, without any supervision at all. There are no neighbours that have guns, the…

My comfort zone is chaos. I enjoy a bit of a mess around me. Don’t ask me to file anything. It’ll be lost forever. It’s affected my life a lot, but I survived making money spin-doctoring. Which mainly meant burying…

THE SADDEST OPTIMIST
(Townes Van Zandt, March 7 1944 – January 1 1997)

If it had been up to Teunis van Zand, the great-grandfather of Townes van Zandt, Texas might still be independent. An emissary for the new country called…

“Dad saved some letters. I thought you could have yours back, if you want them,” said my brother, as we had an open-air church-served lunch on the farm after the funeral. Reading them brought back memories of my own life…