According to the Online Etymology Dictionary: late 14c., in Bible translations, the Hebrew word shibboleth, meaning “flood, stream,” also “ear of corn,” as used in Judges xii.4-6. During the slaughter at the fords of Jordan, the Gileadites took it as a password to distinguish their men…
I do love me some tofu. Many people don’t like it because it can be squidgy. Many people like it squidgy. It wasn’t squidgy this way. So I cut a carrot into pieces about the same size and I took a slice of super-firm tofu…
I’ve had my mind on Tybee Island lately. Tybee Island is just off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. I spent a week there, lo, these many years ago, and I’m still running on the fumes. Fans of Lonnie and Tiny know I sent them (and…
