The Author Contemplates a Childhood Friendship Lost

Meeting Ethnic Kin M. would kill me if she found out I was writing this. I can say this for sure because when I wrote a fun piece about our friendship and tracked her down to ok it, she took months to reply and then told me that the reason she did was she was…

The People Watcher Observes a Coupleย 

This particular Nero we are at is an island in a not too busy mall. Itโ€™s also the northernmost mall, a concept reflected in its name. Most people are there to take a much needed break from shopping (one of the reasons I loved malls as a child was because of the hustle and bustle…