I submitted my second manuscript to my agent, bought a house, and spent one month in Italy with my family. It was easy adjusting to the pace of life there, maneuvering the language is a story for another time. While I captured a few photos, there were moments that could not fit into the frame…
Ron, an otherwise abled-bodied gentleman, bagged my groceries at the market.He smiled at me when the scanner went off and, when he picked up the first item to place it in the bag, he announced it with the modulation of a well-trained radio announcer.The scanner beeped and Ran announced: Green bananasPlantainsCabbage…