Nonfiction

A Brittany Tale: The Fright

Being alone on a boat at sea after a warm embrace on the quay carried with it the thrill of solitary freedom and possibility. I stood at the stern by the fluttering French flag watching Dinard fall away, then turned [...]

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Nonfiction

Ninety Feet Below

I am the last scuba diver on the dive boat. I look out to the horizon, where the gray sky meets the vast South Pacific Ocean. We’ve come a short ride from Matauri Bay in Northland New Zealand.

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Nonfiction

I Stand at My Sink

It’s early April. I stand at my sink watching the daffodils I planted last fall—I bought the bulbs on sale at a hardware store—begin to bloom, or try to. It’s been snowing and hailing all morning,...

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Nonfiction

Silverball Museum, Asbury Park, New Jersey

A mother and daughter play pinball at the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, New Jersey. If there's a pinball gene, this vignette may be proof that it exists.

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Nonfiction

Over the Water

That last evening in Ireland, on the docks, our favorite aunt, Molly, and her husband, Bill, came to see us off, hugging us as we were about to board the ship.

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Audio & Video

Bastille Day

Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t be caught dead waiting in line at 4PM on the 14th of July—Bastille Day, the French National Holiday—to enter the Champs de Mars to watch the fireworks from up close by Eiffel Tower.

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