Since my retirement, I’ve found myself with a surfeit of spare time and little but my books to keep me company.  Books – especially those...

One morning I noticed something strange about my girlfriend. She put sugar in her coffee. As far as I remembered, she liked her coffee...

I almost jumped when I saw the thing but had enough decency not to. It was small and whimpering, and for a second, I thought it was a...

1. A Love Poem by Ahab1 Candomblé2 Only a stupid poet3. . . could think a poem, capable of capturing your beauty! The honey of the...

I live in a zoo. Not a public zoo, with displays of conservation efforts and the grim diminishing numbers of the animals in the wild. I...