Last night, I had the strangest dream. It wasn’t so much a figment of my nocturnal imagination as it was … More
Tag: memory
Year of the Tiger
While people all over the northern hemisphere were watching the Olympics and preparing to celebrate Valentine’s Day tomorrow, Asians all … More
Flashbacks: Do they ever die?
Last night, on my way back from the pool, I was gripped by an uncontrollable fear. Approaching a bridge still … More
A memory of snow
Yesterday, snowflakes tumbled from the sky, like endless puffs of powdered sugar floating out of a silo-sized sifter. And then, … More
Dedicato a Marianna
Many times since my accident, I’ve thought about Marianna – a thirty-something Italian woman I met in early 2008, both … More
The Pain Club
Four o’clock A.M. is an ungodly time of the night, but surely the gods-of-pain were in the neighborhood at that … More
L’esprit de Bauby
Last night I watched a film called The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death. Based … More
Berlin – One Year Later
For Germans and others around the world, celebrations today mark twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. I … More
Healing Pilgrim 