I am new to the world of food. That is not to say that I haven’t enjoyed food. Immensely. Up to this point. Rather, I am new to appreciating it genuinely. Slowly. Unusually enthusiastically. Academically (?). I would like to say that this new approach manifests itself in a graceful way. Picture: me, sitting straight-backed, with curious eyebrows and half-closed… Read more →
Category: Life
The Passing of a Legend: Me and Howard Zinn
On January 27, 2010 Howard Zinn passed into the Great Beyond, the place where he and all the other political spitfires sit on top of clouds and shout at each other while watching the world collapse below. In person, Zinn was an extraordinarily kind, charming, and gentle man. At a fundraiser for The Progressive in Madison, Wisconsin in 2003, where… Read more →