Home Alone

Home Alone

Since I spent the holidays ‘Home Alone’, as the movie says, I had time to do a lot: read, watched a lot of movies, listened to a lot of podcasts. But I also hung out online. Fortunately, I’d say, because I caught up on what’s going on, as...
Childhood

Childhood

I was returning home a few evenings ago and I smelled, in the hallway of the block, the smell of fried meat. I’m not a meat fan, never have been, although I’m not a vegetarian. But that smell had the Madeline effect on Proust on me; it took me right back...
Verba Volant

Verba Volant

“What can come of someone like her?” Said a neighbor in the neighborhood where I grew up when I was failing out of school.My father and he didn’t get along, and that neighbor chose to badmouth me.His words got to me through the ‘goodwill’...
The Pharmacy

The Pharmacy

– A 24-hour pharmacy is not an easy place to work. – Why? – In the hour I’ve been here, only people with problems have come in, people in pain. It’s not easy to manage that and then go home in a good mood. – I don’t see it...
The Beaten Path or a Personal Path?

The Beaten Path or a Personal Path?

The story goes that a group of researchers did an experiment involving a few monkeys, a cage, a ladder and some bananas. These researchers would put five monkeys in the cage, put the ladder inside and, at the top of the ladder, the bananas. Instinctively, the monkeys...