Life Before News

Life before News is subject to (alternative) development in the future. Please scroll through themes and/or dates on the right and enjoy (re...

Haunting is the word most often applied to this song. Chances are that you already know I Wonder as I Wander , an Appalachian ballad heard ...

“It was time for us to not see each other for a while; we really needed a break." The young woman across the aisle was clutching her ce...

Prance – a frivolous mode not reflected in our times; Switzarland – a superior misnomer; Unite Kingdom of Britain – unlikely, at least no...

Fortunate circumstance allows me to assemble these titles on my own bookshelf for this group picture to be presented during a wee presentati...

I am already on the alert while approaching the multi-story building – in the absence of a sidewalk, I’m forced to walk either on the rim of...

This is the story of a few Parisians, some of Chinese origin, others of French and mixed parentage. Some of the Chinese are or were undocume...