William Eaton, January 2017 Idrew her, naked. She was beautiful. Young, long-limbed, subtle curves the length of her legs, tender facial expressions. (The work of a good model has a good deal in common with that of a professional… Read More ›
Faits Divers
L’inspecteur et sa femme à New York
A little break from the political news. For the English version, just click. Le célèbre inspecteur de police et sa femme visitaient New York, où ils logeaient dans un immeuble, désuet mais confortable, déniché sur airbnb. Un soir, rentrant… Read More ›
The Top 5 Things to Do Wherever You Go
End of summer post Travel guides, Trip Advisor, and many another will tell you that, when in Paris, don’t miss the Eiffel Tower, or the Washington Monument in Washington, the Tokyo Skytree. Such an approach to tourism has a… Read More ›
Retirement, Conversation, Walls of Loneliness
Slice of Life When the elevator opens at your floor, there’s a woman—a person, a neighbor—in it, someone whom you have known, vaguely, for years. You have both volunteered with the tenants association, she rather more energetically than… Read More ›
On Starting Over
1 Driving a friend’s car, turn on the radio, NPR, I think. An actress is talking up a play she is in. Once a big name in Hollywood, now she is doing Brecht at a regional theater. She’s knows the… Read More ›
Une A Petite Short Histoire Story
FRANGLAIS 17 Septembre 2013 One point of this short bilingual story is to open the French wing of Montaigbakhtinian.com. Via the category label “L’aile française” readers may find a few and perhaps growing number of texts in French or in… Read More ›
Story of New York
FROM SEQUENCE 2013 September 2013 [click for pdf] Thanksgiving Day several years ago, my son and I had been ice skating at the rink in Central Park and were now walking to Lincoln Center to see a performance of… Read More ›
