I remember Drumheller. Traveling by car from Calgary, I had driven through mostly wide, open spaces. So I was pleased to find this town, if only for its concentration of human activity. Arriving at dusk, I found my hotel. It was…

My grandmother was born in 1890 on Prince Edward’s Island in Canada. Growing up, she spoke English but could also speak some French and a bit of the local Native American language. When I was growing up, a familiar sight…

Waiting for the Cairo subway, I admired the numbers on the clock. Somehow, it took a minute before I realized they weren’t Roman numerals. In Cairo, the department store manikins seemed overly dressed. The women in line at the juice…

Black Sands Meditation. So my great, great grandmother accepted boat passage to Prince Edward’s Island with its red sands. The other women all told her it was mad and that her petticoats would never come clean. They disapproved of her…

Swinging in my chair, and Stirring my coffee again. Cigarette smoke permeates; Lung disease won’t scare here.          ♠ From just across the river, bullets had sprayed these streets. Over the years, people had run With their groceries…