Grist for the Mill (news, in other words)

Slices of Life

Madrid is back. It was a long summer, meteorologically speaking: the searing, life-changing heat of August, which gives teeth to…

Elemental: August

The first August, we’d just gotten here. Besides, for most of that month, we were sealed inside an air-conditioned building…

In the Barrio (July)

If we’re lucky — and in July we’re often lucky — no matter how hot it gets during the day,…

Pubs, and so forth

Pleased to learn my story “Bunting,” which was published in the summer 2020 Bracken Magazine, was a Recommended Read/Honorable Mention…

Cri de Cœur

In 2019, I had a good life in the U.S., and absolutely no intention of ever leaving it. But then…

Borned in Madrid!

May 15 is San Isidro Day, the day of Madrid’s patron saint. In true Madrileño fashion, that requires festivities from…

Three Good Things (Gratitude)

I. The List/The Group Sometimes it’s hard to remember those first dark days of Covid, when we all convinced ourselves…

Requisite Spring

Between the last walk I took in the park and now, it has become an exuberance of lilacs. The green…

Weather Report: Sun

It has been an odd spring. Back in January and February, when it ought to have rained, it stubbornly refused…