A few years ago, the Corona beer people had an ad campaign where they basically stated the company’s position on immigration as this: “You’re welcome to come to the United States, so long as you bring a party.” This campaign ran right around Cinco de Mayo, which they used as an example of what they [...]
It was all Rosie and Paul’s fault. Lisa was off-island and our exquisitely wonderful neighbors had invited me to a small dinner party at their house. Dinner at their house isn’t just dinner; it’s a celebration of community. I met their friends Matt and Rudi over the pre-dinner drinks. Ultimately we moved to the dining [...]
We need a setting here: visualize yourself sitting with a few friends around a campfire. In, um, southwestern Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s dark and there’s a billion stars above us. It’s my turn to tell a story… “So, this one day at work in the Isle of Man, I leave the office [...]
About 45 years ago, my great aunts, Clara and Alta Perkins, along with my grandmother (their sister) Mattie Jones, would routinely “can” things. My two most favorites were green beans and strawberry preserves. The strawberries were small wild ones that grew in the cow pastures. The preserves were nothing more than the berries, sugar, and [...]
I try not to let my profession creep into this blog much. I spend plenty of time thinking and talking about poker as it is. I’d much rather focus on picking, family, trout fishing, the Blue Ridge mountains, and travel. But my profession has bumped me into a public discussion with a writer at the [...]
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