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Life in Málaga—Thoughts from the balcony

By Donna Miscolta | April 29, 2026 |

A woman with short dark haur and her chin cupped in her hand sits at a table on a balcony and stares into the dustance. The balcony rail is white and there are plants on the balcony.

Spring is here, the weather is warmer and the beach beckons, the tourists are filling the streets and restaurants, and the cockroaches are back. Not in our apartment just yet, but in the building entrance and only corpses have been sighted, always with a leg or tentacle dreamily waving in the air, a taunt to…

A fondless farewell, una búsqueda sin fin, and a reminder of the round-and-round of life

By Donna Miscolta | January 24, 2021 |

A few January notes. Bye bye, Trump I woke up at 5:00 am on January 21 without an alarm and an hour and a half before my usual time to spill out of bed after another night of ragged sleep. I realized I was up in time to see Trump’s departure from the White House.…

The Dock Street Salon at Phinney Books

By Donna Miscolta | April 24, 2017 |

There’s a great monthly reading series at Phinney Books called Dock Street Salon. It’s organized by Dane Bahr and Heather Jacobs of Dock Street Press, a boutique publishing house in Ballard. The press was founded by folks who believe that “a book is a piece of art.” Dock Street brings that same sensibility to the…