Preach on, Brother Jodie! and other stuff

Part 3: 15 things you (maybe, probably) don’t know about me This list began two weeks ago with what I thought might be an earth-shattering announcement: Despite having spent parts of six decades and two centuries as a journalist (translation: a long, long, long time), I never earned a degree. The reaction has been “yeah, […]

And another thing … I love snakes

Part 2: 15 things you (maybe, probably) don’t know about me. No doubt most of us are all aflutter this week with the prospect that if the Chiefs beat the Bengals this weekend, it will put Patrick Mahomes & Co. in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12. But I’m looking at an equally (if not […]

15 things you (probably, maybe) don’t know about me: Part 1 of 4

I really am (kinda, sorta) afraid of kites. A few decades ago—no need to quibble over exact dates or to pinpoint geological eras—I was in college, passionately pursuing a career as a journalist because my preferred vocational path (snake and lizard expert) required enormous amounts of mathematics acumen. As a result, I was taking the […]