Donna Lee

"A freedom-seeking American expat encounters an unlikely kindred spirit"

Paris, 1962Inside Bohemia After Dark, patrons squinted through an ashen haze at the nightclub's featured combo. Stained indigo under mood lighting, a quintet of animated ebony carvings whisper-shouted wordless, haunting languages. Cigarette embers winked; wine glasses clinked; heads nodded with...

Tuesdays With Marcus – Part 2

"Black neighbour's loud sex life intrigues more than just me."

After Shelley's long day of classes that Wednesday—made even longer by her choice to start the day off by working out—she finally walked through the front door at around 7:30 pm.I glanced over at her and smiled as I finished...

Tuesdays With Marcus – Part 1

"My black neighbour's loud sex life intrigues more than just me."

"Yo, Marcus!" I yelled down the corridor from my building's front entrance as my upstairs neighbour was waiting for the elevator. He waited till I got a little closer to reply."Hey, Daniel! What's cooking?""Not much." I made my way to...

A Lovely Time in Valley County: Chapter 1

"A wonderful morning in Valley County"

“I hope you’re not tired of the beautiful weather we’ve been having because there’s going to be another sunny day in Valley County…” The forty-two-year-old Alan Westerman looked out through the window of his radio studio from atop the hill....