A Very Different Birthday Celebration

    I do not know her name or even where she lives, although I was there. On my birthday. What makes her special is that she is not… really. That is not fair. She is special, although not the only person in her circumstance. The simple fact that she speaks English, rather well, while neither of her parents do, at all, makes her special. She left elementary school six years ago, and has…

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  • Menkes

    Amazing Meknes

    Karen and I had never heard of Meknes. No reason we would have unless we were students of Morrocco and its history. You likely…

  • Number One in the World

    Number One in the World

    Several years ago, while  living and working in Germany, friends invited me to visit Paris with them over a weekend. They had been; I…

  • The Number One in Edinburgh

    A friend told us about a restaurant in the lower level of the Balmoral Hotel on Prince’s Street in the new old part of…