JFK was assassinated on a Friday. The World Trade Center was destroyed on a Tuesday. Coronavirus is every day. In 1963 I was in the 6th grade. My teacher was Mrs. Kauffman, a sturdy older woman I remember as humorless and purposeful. That fall I had a crush on Mary Pat Frost. On WKNX, the…More
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Gross Sauce (Get Rid Of Some Stuff)
The bug bites you every now and then. Get rid of some stuff. We have a couple pantries in our house, one in the kitchen, another over by the garage. Stuff we use regularly we keep in the kitchen, naturally. Stuff that’s not on deck gets stored over by the garage. Pepper corns, cans of…More
From “Flip-flops and the Leaning Tower of Pisa,” in American English, Italian Chocolate.
From “At Least It’s Not Terrible,” in The Enjoy Agenda”
Alt Pizza–on the grill?
We’re having pizza for lunch at our daughter’s house. She says she’s going to do it on the grill. Not what I expected. My wife and I often buy a pizza dough at the Italian market when we go for goodies. We have one in the freezer right now. Thaw it, roll it, mark it…More