A Moving Experience: Pizza as paradigm — Italy vs. the USPizza is a paradigm for almost everything that divides the US and Italy these days. And “Italy” could represent just about anywhere in…Apr 29Apr 29
The honeyed mélange of Malta‘We are incredibly varied in spite of our size,” our taxi driver boasted during our 45-minute drive from Malta’s international airport to…Mar 30Mar 30
An earthly heaven for hedgehogsMy human mom told me we were going to meet a new kind of animal in Piedmont. I had to be on best behavior, she said, because dogs are not…Mar 2A response icon1Mar 2A response icon1
Published inManagement MattersAmphibian texocity (tech + toxicity)Doesn’t anyone else get the feeling that we are frogs in the pot of water, and the temperature is slowly rising (although, heaven forbid…Feb 22Feb 22
Italy’s not-so-secret celebration of CarnevaleMost Americans have heard of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Most Europeans know about Carnevale in Venice, Italy. And just about everyone has…Feb 10Feb 10
Published inTell Your StorySurviving in a world of texicity (tech + toxicity)The day began normally enough. I planned to return a computer screen to the office of the client who had loaned it to me, as the equipment…Jan 6Jan 6
On the wings (and not) of wounded angelsMy Christmas memories are bookended by two angels, very different in composition, color, and context, and separated by geography as well as…Dec 18, 2024A response icon2Dec 18, 2024A response icon2
CAN A HORMONE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE?I got to thinking about the word “hormone” the other day. As an adolescent, I always smiled at that word because its homophone is designed…Nov 18, 2024Nov 18, 2024
Life, LiBearty, and the pursuit of animal welfareThe European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) was once found in significant numbers across the continent. Today it is extinct in Britain…Sep 9, 2024Sep 9, 2024
Do as I do, not as I sayMany of us go through the process of sorting out our parents’ papers after they die — you know, the piles of memorabilia they were always…Aug 25, 2024A response icon2Aug 25, 2024A response icon2
