Smash burgers from our friends’ pasture-raised beef, salad, and s’mores over the fire. Nice evening in Tempe, AZ.

You don’t have to go that far. There are lots of descendants of German immigrants in Southern Indiana. Try Schnitzelbank in Jasper!

He never saw himself as elected to a public office. In his mind he acquired America.

When I was in higher ed, I read a study that found that people are more accurate in predicting how much money they’ll have six months than how much time they’ll have. After I that, I tried to be more accurate in judging my future time, and it helped me say no more often.

He called every gray-haired woman in the grocery store “Mamaw.”

Yep. I had a brilliant student who couldn’t believe that normal people “heard voices in their head.” She had no concept of a “thought voice” as I call it.

Very popular at Little League concession stands for many years!

I’ve been in line for communion and watched the pastor look past me at the next person so he could recall their name in time. No judgment here, though. It’s hard to come up with a name under pressure!

So true! We did this until he was 31 (through college, med school, and residency). Good thing we had only one kid.

Indiana expects heat index values like that next week. Gulf moisture plus corn sweat. Ick.