One of my blogger friends, Mira, sent me this Arte y Pico Award a few days ago. Typically, it always takes me a little longer than I originally anticipate to respond to things like this, but I thought it was terribly sweet that out of all her possible choices, this humble blog was among her…
Archives for July 2008
Fair and Balanced
It’s their motto, but does anyone really believe it? FOX News is doing it again, playing to the fears and prejudices of the kindly folks who voted for Bush because he seemed like the kind of guy you could sit down with and drink a beer and watch Texas League baseball. You all know that…
The Next Step
This is the next step in realizing that you’re getting older: My eldest niece called me – sort of – to tell me that she’s getting married. Wow. I mean it wasn’t unexpected – she and her boyfriend just built a house somewhere in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. And he came down here with her for…
