My Marbella Story Found a Home
…this piece I venture beyond Marbella’s glittering façade of sun-saturated luxury—Ferraris, gold chains, shopping sprees—and into the old town’s labyrinth of alleys where the echoes of medieval wanderers still linger….
The Gospel According to Groucho
…time, the machinery of hypocrisy grinding everything to paste, and the saints of this land who may be scarred but are no longer innocent. Read the full piece (in Spanish)…
The great Franco revival circus
…a growing number of young people claiming: “Under Franco, we lived better.” In my latest piece for the Camino de Ítaca column, I dig into why this kind of nostalgia…
The Ice Cream Man
…the original unedited piece below. (PDF en castellano abajo) It took place just down a covered corridor that was sporadically lit by what seemed like bullet holes in the tin…
Biblical Taxis
…want to turn around and wonder why you didn’t stay at home… …but sometimes it isn’t. Click over here for a new piece on a taxi ride south from Damascus….
Stories Left in Stone Deep Dive Chapter 16
In the first of the #StonesDeepDive series, an indepth look into Chapter 16, Stone Cartoons from Stories Left in Stone, Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain published by the University…
A Ship Made of Paper
…soon wind up like the United States. All’s it takes is a vote in the right direction. Click over to read originally published version in Spanish or read the English…
Lex Luthor’s Kryptonite
…the far right cordyseps? Click over to read the original version published in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) Once it seemed…
A Fall that Makes Niagara Small
…one of those glacial cuts. #hiking #wildlife #canyons #outdoors #fishing #glaciers #mountains #nature #lakes #lake #camping #park #waterfalls #kayaking #parks #getaway #canoeing #statepark #waterfall #glacial #bears Originally published on Trazzler…
The Prosecutor vs. the Felon
…anything writers can produce. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) It’s a situation…