Advice to my Grandchildren 
(originally written in Italian)

Pay attention: miracles are everywhere

Kids these days. Us old folks need more contact with them.

The elixir of life.

She was the first person who befriended me when I moved here.

First published in the Los Angeles Times, February, 2012, I’m still following my own advice and am still cancer-free.

I don’t hold on to anything either.

A senior’s orange-ringed nightmare