Beyond Viand

This is a little experiment I cooked up last night.  The foundation was laid at a bar in Palma on the island of Mallorca, Spain.  First: ...

Hello friends and relatives. We have traveled to the foreign soils of the Iberian Peninsula, to the town of Barcelona, and in our initial ...

The heat of the summer recalls experiences of my youth.  I remember catching bugs in the field around our house.  In my mind, I can almost t...

I occasionally receive questions, often sent to me under the hats of the flying monkeys from Oz (the monkeys are smaller in real life), by t...

Describing Venice as a "labyrinth" has the metaphoric equivalency of calling the Adriatic Sea "moist."   Remember back...

Hello again.  Miss me? I needed this hiatus. My posts became increasing preachy and I needed some time to refocus.  I didn't know it w...

I love indulging my passions. A fly on the wall would be both shocked and amused at my antics. Spend more than a few hours with me and I bet...