The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come’Lincolnesque’ just means tall?

among married couples the person who actually makes out the mortgage check is likely to be more cautious about spending money than the person who doesn’t. There is something sobering about sending away that much...

Health food makes me sick.

Daddy, how come in Kansas City the bagels taste like just round bread?

In the rather informal survey I have taken over the years on intensity of interest in food by profession, lawyers rank only a few trades below concert pianists….

Someone who managed to navigate the tricky waters between living a life you could be proud of and still delighting in the many things there are to take pleasure in.

School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities.

…the existential paradox we all experience; we feel that we are immortal, yet we know that we will die.