Wednesday is food day on the blog, so I’ve included a recipe. I’m sorry, Pete — I intended to make Wednesdays all be Steffie stories, but she wouldn’t work today. Maybe tomorrow. On the Spot by Marian Allen When Bethesda left the doctor’s office with…

I don’t always go out for ice cream. But, when I do, it’s to Emery’s. Emery’s began in New Albany, Indiana — their web site is unclear as to whether that was in the 1950s or during the Great Depression. It was bought and moved,…

Back in the dear dead days of the late 60s – early 70s, nostalgia was all the rage. Insofar as I remember. It was a craze that has stood me in good stead while watching Jeopardy, as I know many things from the times of…