In Spain for Thanksgiving, pining for Dundalk

In Spain for Thanksgiving, pining for Dundalk

This essay originally appeared in print in The Baltimore Sun on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011–Thanksgiving Day. SEVILLE, Spain—Here, the orange trees are the only things changing color as autumn takes its hold. The palmeras and the jasmine vines that climb the wall...
El gato al agua

El gato al agua

This essay originally appeared in print in The Star Democrat (Easton, Md.) on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. SEVILLE, Spain–Tonight on Calle Tetuan, an old man leans against a planter overflowing with tiny purple flowers, playing a melodica. A barely-there breeze urges me to...