“I’m sorry, my darling, but it’s not good news,” said Dr Doolabh, gently tilting his head to the side, as if to cushion the blow, “it’s cancer.” Inside I felt a distinct crack and heard the unequivocal sound, heard only by me, of a tendon snapping. In time, I would...
May 2 Looking for Sanchez Today I went looking for Sanchez again. Again I could not find him. Sanchez is legion in this town, at least amongst decorators and used furniture salesman. Sanchez is a reupholster and an impossible man to locate. I’m looking for him because...
Here at Civitella I looked at unfinished work that has not been part of what people know of me. In this case, writing of all sorts. Some published, most not. Especially I was interested in writings that have been shown as sculpture. Hung like red chili peppers on a...
My bedroom in the second floor of the castle has an armillary sphere, a model of the Solar System that includes Uranus, the planet William Herschel discovered in 1871. I was delighted to find the antique, it is not only an exquisite work on wood, paper and metal, but...
