During one of the 2000 debates, I remember Al Gore claiming to have accompanied some FEMA official or another on a trip to Texas to survey wildfire damage. Except it turned out he hadn’t. It was good for him in the debate to have done that, so he said he had. I commented at the … Read more
I was 30 years old before I realized I liked asparagus. Steamed but still a little crisp, with a splash of olive oil and garlic, it’s one of my favorite vegetables to accompany a steak or a nice piece of fish. But I’d only ever had it the way my mother made it, which was … Read more
I drove to Helena, Alabama today after the boys’ games. I had never been before. It’s a neat little town, about five miles off I-65 southwest of Birmingham. I was supposed to meet some old Sacred Heart schoolmates downtown there today. There is a waterfall on a creek, next to an old train depot that … Read more