KathleenLessons from barSchlitz — 25 cents a glass. I didn’t know what beer was but at age six, I thought it smelled like my baby sister’s diaper. I remember the…3 min read·18 hours ago----
KathleenBrain Zero, Mouth OneFor much of my life, my head and my mouth seemed disconnected. I blame it all on my early childhood when, according to my parents, I made a…1 min read·Jun 11, 2021----
KathleenThe Threatening SaladMy family’s income straddled between middle-class and upper middle class. But our roots were simple: my father, born in Ireland, grew up…2 min read·Jun 11, 2021----
KathleenWatch Out For That StepDecember 31, 2000. I am living in Rome. The start of a new millennium, the year what Catholics call an extraordinary jubilee, a year of…2 min read·Jun 11, 2021----
Kathleen“What happened in Belgium, stays in Belgium…?!”Seasickness, a chance encounter, sleeping (really!) in a Belgian brothel … This was not the way I thought I would start my European…5 min read·Nov 13, 2020----
