Last night we had some friends over for dinner, and I made the black roux gumbo of Chef Francoise Auclaire le Vison, along with a heart-of-palm salad dressed with remoulade sauce. The meal was made more delightful with the appearance of some custom cocktails created by our friend Terry Boren, who has spent the pandemic […]

We’ve all got holidays coming up, so I thought I’d offer ideas for fun things to do with the whole family. For instance, if your family happens to consist of 21,000 soldiers, you can form an image of President Woodrow Wilson, as these warfighters of Camp Sherman, outside Chillicothe, did back in 1918. They sure […]

Our last full day in Spain. We were scheduled to fly out of Madrid the next morning, and we already had hotel reservations in the capital. It had been a kaleidoscopic journey, dashing from one corner of Iberia to another, like a butterfly dancing from one flower to the next. It was necessarily a bit […]

I got my Covid booster yesterday, and today I find myself very tired, with a lot of body aches. Still, I don’t feel sick, and I’m able to function when I put my mind to it. I’ll be better tomorrow, or so I hope.