They said she wasn’t up for it, that at 82 she was too old to endure an African safari. she proved them all wrong.

The springs were perfect. Hot water beckoned. There was one problem: I’d left behind my foot-salvaging sandals.

Crows are rebels. Crows are outliers. They’re bad-ass cool. Some hang out in my neighborhood. I’d like to consider them friends.

He was there at his window in the Italian village where he had lived all his life. Too fragile to venture outside, he described the hard life of a southern farmer. And now he’s gone.

As a writer for the LA Times, I got regular calls from Hollywood types seeking to option my stories — from entertainment moguls to shameless bottom-feeders. I answered every call.

Small towns often get their hearts broken by rich outsiders and their big promises. Is tiny McDermitt, Nev. next in line?

Smartphones are playing a major role in dumbing down the American brain. Not just in teenagers but in adults like me. And you.

In the course of several months, I underwent two total hip replacements. Along the way, I learned something about enduring chronic pain and about humility.

For decades, Gloria Asselta was a generous patron of the southern Italian town where both her parents were born. Now she’s gone and Pomarico weeps.

I came to southern Italy to find stories about y grandfather but in turn I learned so much about myself.