

D.T.
- Mar 4, 2022
White Horse and Painted Pipe
Tradition is a bit like eating a chicken wing: not much meat on it, but such a waste to throw it away. So you keep it. You keep it for...


D.T.
- Sep 2, 2021
The Decision
The sky was grey most days, that approaching winter in November 1991 in Toronto. Not a charcoal grey, but a kind of joyless light grey. ...


D.T.
- Jul 29, 2020
Remembering Lao Wu
Spring flowers and autumn moons; When is it to end? How many past events Can one recall? …Let me enquire: How much sorrow? Like a river...


D.T.
- Nov 13, 2018
The Hall of Great Elegance
Lamb shank, a dish when well prepared, makes a wonderful meal. My friends Ron and Lesley invited me to dinner when my dear wife was in...


D.T.
- Jun 2, 2018
Mittelstand
Aitutaki. Aitutaki Lagoon. Aitutaki Lagoon Resort. Aitutaki Lagoon Resort Grotto. Aitutaki Lagoon Resort Island, part of the Cook...

A.G.
- Jun 9, 2017
Noriko’s story
…echoes of the Sino-Japanese war... I stood outside my apartment door staring at it and not very far from crying--jet-lag messes up with...

D.T.
- Dec 31, 2016
Staying afloat
On the Peak, the Number 1 ball was raised on the pole. The typhoon was coming. The sky was getting dark. The time was 1950. The...