May. 23, 2022

Kilometro 41 at Dusk

Our car rode out of Santo Domingo on a warm balmy evening along the sea wall en route to the town of San Cristobel near the Haitian border.
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May. 23, 2022

A Fall from Grace

The candles were burning softly in the cool Caribbean night as we sat across the table marked by good conversation and a glow of a good meal with sweet cold ...
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May. 23, 2022

Against the Grain

Public school education mandated a shop class for male students in the elementary schools and so one day I found myself with happy woodworkers toiling with t...
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May. 22, 2022

The Nubian Puzzle

One day a cow was killed in the sweltering border town of Zalembessa and started a shooting war between neighbors.
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May. 22, 2022

Brando True to Form

The old neighborhood on Mulberry's Italian quarter was little changed from its original.
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May. 18, 2022

Rummy at the Net

The clay tennis courts shone brightly in the fading tropical sun over the Caribbean, with white lines and a tight green net.
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Apr. 30, 2022

The Mysterious White House Typist

As I walked around the West Wing I opened a door to a small office. She glanced over her shoulder and said no one was allowed in that room and to please leave.
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Apr. 25, 2022

The Blind President and the CIA

The technician from Paramount flew down that evening to Santo Domingo bringing a roll of specially prepared film for a private screening for El Presiden...
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Apr. 25, 2022

Dole and Madame Marcoulis

The black limo pulled up to the front of the law firm on Farragut Square and a spry man with a neat looking golf hat with a schnauzer on a leash emerged.
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