PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 4/20/26 A Gallery of My Life in Berlin and Potsdam

My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of my life in Berlin - and Potsdam - is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM POTSDAM: 4/18/26 Harry and Frederick and Eudora and Frederick and William and Frederick and Frederick and Merle

My LETTER FROM POTSDAM is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This was a hard one to write. I had it all outlined but as I began to write it , it all changed on me. I hope you like it. Check it out. Thanks.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 4/11/26 A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN BERLIN

My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of images with detailed “captions” is not up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Click on the link. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM BERLIN: 4/9/26 Nodding off at "Nurejew," Wondering WTF at "Was ihr wolf," Marveling at Charlie Chaplin, Getting a Pronoun Right, Meeting a Woman Named Esther, and Rounding a Corner to What Awaited Me

My latest LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

WEEKEND RUBRICS: 4/5/26 When in Berlin ...

My latest WEEKEND RUBRICS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 4/3/26 * A Gallery of my Life in Berlin

My first Pilgrim’s Progress gallery and column from Berlin is now up SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM BERLIN: 4/1/26 With a Postscript from London

My first LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM BERLIN: 4/1/26 With a Postscript from London

My first LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I also reviewed some shows in London from my last two weeks there. I apologize for the subscriber box layout screwup at the beginning of the column.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 3/25/26 A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON - AND HOW THE ONLY WAY I COULD FIND TO MOVE FORWARD WAS FIRST TO FIND MY WAY TOWARD FORGIVENESS

My latest column is up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM LONDON: 3/21/26 THE UNEXPECTED CURVE BALL I ENCOUNTERED AT THE US EMBASSY, THREE SHOWS FROM AMERICA THAT MADE ME HOMESICK FOR HOPE BUT NOT FOR IT, AND YET AGAIN SOMETHING ELSE UNEXPECTED: KINDNESS

My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It contains an update about my stolen passport and a final curve thrown my way that I didn’t see coming. Check it out. Thanks

LETTER FROM LONDON: 3/18/26 A Police Report, An Emergency Appointment at the US Embassy, and the Kindness that Overwhelmed the Cruelty that had Overwhelmed Me

A special edition of my LETTER FROM LONDON. I hope you read it. It’s been a rough week so far but there has been a sense of grace too.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 3/14/26 A WEEKLY GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON

My PILGRIM'S PROGRESS column is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

WEEKEND RUBRICS: 3/15/26 MARCH MEDLEY .... A FILM, A COLLABORATIVE COMPOSITION, TWO BOOKS

My WEEKEND RUBRICS column is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM LONDON: 3/12/26 Tracey Emin, Ann Lee, Arthur Miller and My Neighbor Across the Hall

My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Its subtitle this week is “Tracey Emin, Ann Lee, Arthur Miller, and My Neighbor Across the Hall.” Check it out. Thanks.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 3/7/26 A WEEKLY GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON

My latest SES/SUMS IT UP column has now posted. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM LONDON: World Writers Day, Prescriptions & Politics, Ballet Black, and Another Unlikely Pilgrim

My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 2/28/26 A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON

My new gallery of my life in London with its new title is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

WEEKEND RUBRICS: 2/22/26 Jessie Jackson

My WEEKEND RUBRICS are. now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Theis weekend they are all about Jessie Jackson. Check them out. Thanks.

TUESDAY WELL'D: 2/20/26 A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON

This latest weekly gallery of my life in London is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks

SATURDAY RUBICS: 2/14/26 A VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL - GERRY REMEMBERED AND FOUR PERFORMANCES FROM SOME OF MY FAVORITE SINGERS SINGING SOME OF MY FAVORITE LOVE SONGS

My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. A Valentine’s Day special.

TUESDAY WELL'D: 2/12/26 * A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON

My new TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of my life in London is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Yep. It’s two days late yet again. One thing I have now learned is not to name your columns for days of the week because it becomes too obvious when you miss a deadline.

LETTER FROM LONDON: 2/10/26 "The Night Manager," Accountability, and an Airbnb

My latest LETTER FROM. LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It’s a bit long but I guess I had something to say and needed to say it. Check it out. Thanks.

TUESDAY WELL'D : 2/4/26 Which Became Thursday's Child * - A Gallery of My Pilgrim Life

My Tuesday Well’d column at SES/SUMS IT UP has been subtitled Thursday’s Child this week. I just got back from Wales. Check it out. Thanks.

SATURDAY RUBRICS: 1/31/26 Happy Birthday to O'Hara, Parsons, and a couple of Mailers

My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM LONDON: 1/29/26 An Apology and a Thank You - Tim Cook, Virginia Woolf, and Thornton Wilder

My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It contains a takedown of Apple’s Tim Cook. Check it out. Thanks.

TUESDAY WELL'D: 1/13/26 A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON

My TUESDAY WELL’D column at SES/SUMS IT UP is now up. Check it out. Thanks.

MONDAY RUBRICS: 1/12/26 IT HAPPENS IN THREES

My SATURDAY RUBRIC became my MONDAY RUBRICS this week. Check them out. There about threesomes.

LETTER FROM LONDON: 1/9/26 MY FAVORITE LISTS FROM 2025/AMERICA DIDN'T MAKE ONE

My LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about the first week in 2026 over in America before compiling my Favorite Lists from 2025. Check it Out. Thanks.

SATURDAY RUBRICS: 1/3/26 The Three Graces

My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. They are titled The Three Graces. Check it out. Thanks.

LETTER FROM LONDON: 1/1/26 Tatiana Schlossberg, Carmen de Lavallade, "Christmas Day" at the Almeida, "Marty Supreme," Suzanne's Laughter, and a Lovely New Friend

My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.