Catherine Eisner

Akadé, esteemed scribe of his village, seated cross-legged at his customary station in the square beneath its remaining shade-tree, consider...

‘It’s all very well, Catherine,  putting your head above the parapet, ’ my tutor said at that final seminar, ‘yet when it comes to cogent ar...

I mentioned in an earlier post my attendance at a wedding when we heard from the altar, at the bridegroom’s request, a recitation of  Siempr...

She was the light of my life, my only child, and now I live in darkness. I exist but I am not alive. There is never a day when sh...

             Eyes dart, evade. Cheeks flush. “Must dash, I’ve               barely time for my next viva.”               She never looked ...

The spikes on the outer edge of the COVID-19 virus particles resemble a crown, bestowing on the disease its potent name. The Plague ( ...

‘Chocolate?’ I had foolishly arrived with a scarce box of fancy liqueur chocs. ‘ My dear , the last time                                 ...