Our trip to Tucson was great. Really perfect. It was hotter than I remembered but on the other hand I finally realized that the light in the southwest really is unique. Especially at sunset. When we got there on Saturday the first thing that we did was go to Cracker Barrel for lunch. We’ve been [...]

Yes, I will be representing Minnesota in the Great Vegemite Airlift. Tim Blair, an Aussie columnist and perpetual thorn-in-the-side to pompous windbags everywhere, will be mass-airmailing vegemite samples to deprived yanks across the country (and even a couple of Canadians!). Everything I know about vegemite I learned from The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett. And, [...]