Five hundred years from now, will someone gaze at your front door and whisper, "Look at the workmanship! The craftmanship! How old do you...

Arrivederci Italia! Two weeks pass in a chaotic rush of sights, sounds, scents, and color, but at last we say goodbye to Limoncello spritzes, eggplant parmigiana, and panelle, a deep-fried chickpea flour fritter. As for you, sword fish, unidentified fish fillets, and sardines, I never knew you. I was warned that Sicily and southern Italy are known for the abundance of fresh seafood in their menus. I wrote no fish on the diet preference sent to me by Approach tours.

White Chapel, London, England. Pretend it's 1888. Jack the Ripper is hunting, using White Chapel as a personal killing ground. The...

Happy Krampusnacht, or lock the doors and hide your children. The bad ones anyway. Krampus is only interested in the naughty ones.

What's your pick? Paper or e-book? A quick informal reader survey gives me a surprising answer.

Today is Odd Socks Day. I like it. A day to celebrate the quirky habit of wearing mismatched socks. Does this mean people have given up...

Penzance Penzance, Cornwall First stop in my book of short romantic fiction based in England and Ireland. This one is a ghost story, one...