The monks sat on a platform around an open area. They faced outward toward the sea. They were on an island, so each of them faced the ocean. What were they protecting? A village dog. A village dog   

The Flock has been entertaining in small Cincinnati venues for 20 years, playing regularly at Arnold's Bar & Grill since 1987. Then they were known as Ma Crow & The Flock. Nowadays, Ma Crow has   

It's early August, early afternoon. Sitting comfortably in a tall, dark, wooden high-backed stool, I'm in air conditioned Sitwell's drinking orange juice mixed with cranberry juice and lots of ice.  

I always wanted a bicycle with all Campagnolo Nuovo Record parts. Made in Italy, these were universally known to sports cyclists as the finest parts made. Since I was a teenager, I'd been lusting f  

Kelly was an old acquaintance. I first met her some years ago when she was dating her husband. Before Sitwell's Coffeehouse opened, the same basement space was called the Cove. The Cove was a low-  

His uneven gait and freckled, bald head poked from a large, dark, dirty, olive sweatshirt. The wrinkles on his forehead dropped into bulging eyes as he moved past me, saying, "Aloha." A cinderblock  

I pulled Lolita out of the bag and riffled through it. Graduate students pronounced "Nabokov" one way and bookstore clerks another. It is OK for "a man of 25 to court a girl of 16 but not a girl of  

I drove the gray Toyota to Columbus at high speeds, revving the engine, etc. It was a summer day, planned to see Columbus for the first time in years. I saw all the development on High Street near