Lea and I met in July 1994. It was the beginning of one of the greatest earthly blessings I have. The short, polite, cocktail party, we-don’t-feel-like-getting-into-it version is that we “met through mutual friends.” The real story is documented here, in a post that is closing on six years old. We enjoyed determining tonight, over … Read more
Oh, I do love to see that glorious box sitting on the front porch. A hotsauce.com delivery around Christmas is pretty much assured at my house, because I have to have a bottle of Blair’s Jalapeno Death to accompany Lea’s breakfast casserole. This is easily my favorite Blair’s sauce. It has a vivid, rich, deep … Read more
Can it be Christmas without Santa Claus? What if Santa Claus is actually one of the attackers in the “war on Christmas”? There are several ways in which I can be reasonably described as conservative, and I’ll be the first to tell you that “that’s the way we’ve always done it” is no reason all … Read more