Daddy and me
If you know me you have probably listened to me tell a joke. You’ve heard me tell a joke, at any rate. After…
Read MoreIf you know me you have probably listened to me tell a joke. You’ve heard me tell a joke, at any rate. After…
Read MoreMama’s been gone for six years now. It was her last minor act of cruelty that she managed to die just a few…
Read More(NOTE: Today’s lesson is of the multimedia variety. Open another browser tab with this link and turn up the volume. And keep in…
Read MoreA year ago today… Strictly speaking, Good Friday 2013 was more than a year ago because it’s the department store chains that set…
Read MoreWhen I attended culinary school in the 1990s the Food Network was still somewhat new and star chefs were just beginning to proliferate…
Read MoreI found myself a few years ago at a dining table with several people, among them a man I disliked very much. The…
Read MoreAlmost six months ago I celebrated my birthday by cutting up the carcass of a lamb. That might not be everybody’s idea of…
Read MoreRiley gets considerable attention in social media but today I’m giving him some space here. He is a cat who knows how to…
Read MoreIn Robert Benchley’s collection of essays titled My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew there is a piece called “Movie…
Read MoreRight at the beginning I want to stress that what I’m about to discuss is not an issue over which I’ve fretted since…
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