SMELLS OF DEAD FISH Was it June or December when Sandy left? Did I really smell the sea that morning or does my tendency to wrap reality...

EL CHEVROLET Y LA FRONTERA Weeks after being released from his first incarceration in 1986, Sandy purchased a convertible Chevrolet...

From my roster of friends in London I was the boss when it came to longing. The cravings began (I think, I am no expert in prenatal...

HEART MORTALLY WOUNDED BY SIX STRINGS Leonard Cohen was one of Sandy’s favourite singers. I was intrigued the first time I watched him...

WAITING FOR THE MIRACLE I never stopped to think about the details surrounding my birth. I did not know what day of the week I was born...

THE ROCK OF EXCESS Cocaine makes the night messy. I suppose that is why we take it. The first cocaine I ever tried was pink champagne,...

EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF OBLIVION Pregnancies produce all kinds of psychological alterations in men. I have met males who started...