Under the ancient Arch of the Rose/Francisco Aragon
Last night, I strolled the narrow streets of the medieval area of Cadiz. As I walked through the ancient Arch of the Rose, Francisco Aragon’s prologue for my book “The Silver Teacup” rushed to my mind. This snippet is the first paragraph of that introduction: Me llamo Francisco, he said, interrupting what he was doing to […]
Secrets of a happy marriage/ Erik Larson
Churchill believed marriage to be a simple thing and sought to dispel its mysteries through a series of aphorisms. “All you need to be married are champagne, a box of cigars, and a double bed,” he said. Or this: “One of the secrets of a happy marriage is never to speak to or see the […]
