Month: November 2021

It was Thanksgiving, 1957. Mama and my three sisters were busy in the kitchen and dining room. They were cooking all the usual holiday fixings except turkey. This year, mama had bought a huge hen she wanted to bake, along with a smoked ham and a chuck roast. She said the hen would be better… Continue reading The Rubber Hen

As an American living in a foreign country, I have developed a different perspective on current events. It is much worse than I ever imagined, and that’s putting it mildly. One thing is for sure, the US is not the same country that it was in 2018 when I left on my 9000 mile journey… Continue reading Put On Your Thinking Cap