August 13, 2014
Last week, I flew all the way to Dallas for dinner. Mind you, this was not your average dinner; I’d traveled there to experience a rare road performance by the […]
November 5, 2013
During my recent trip to Spain’s Basque Country, I served as a judge for the 40th annual Idiazabal cheese contest in the small town of Ordizia, […]
January 27, 2013
It is official! I am thrilled to announce that Lisa Gallagher, of the storied Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, is now my literary agent. Not only is […]
August 31, 2012
After folks find out that I’m writing a novel about the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, we usually get to talking about that event and […]
August 11, 2012
A good friend of mine who works in television passed on her press copy of Gideon Lewis-Kraus’ A Sense of Direction, and I’m sure she sent it […]
December 24, 2011
During my November trip to Spain, I visited A Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, the large arts complex in Santiago de Compostela that opened earlier this […]
December 4, 2011
I had a terrific time on my recent trip to Galicia, Spain, and I could give you many different reasons why. Among them: eating my way […]
November 10, 2011
Until I get back to writing new blog entries again in a few weeks, I share with you some photos of the beautiful, rainy, melancholy, rainy, […]
September 18, 2011
A good book is like a friend. It may have nothing in common with others you like, but there is something about it that you respond […]
June 20, 2011
To My Iberian Brothers & Sisters
Andre d”Almeida and his band as well as Nathalie Pires singing fado (accompanied on guitar by Francisco Chuva and Portuguese guitar by Pedro Silva). But as […]