Weekly Column

Bowling, Movies, and the Restaurant Biz

“What’s it like owning a bowling alley?” That’s a question I am asked a lot these days. To be honest, it’s a question I never […]

To the Mississippi Graduates of 2022

It’s graduation season. This year’s high school seniors have experienced an extremely uncharacteristic high school career filled with Zoom classes, masks, and mandates. But this […]

Home Again

It’s great to be home. I have spent the last two months overseas. First in Spain leading a group of 25 enthusiastic Americans from the […]

Arrivederci

TAVARNELLE VAL D’PESA, TUSCANY— A little over six weeks ago I boarded a flight for Spain to spend 10 days leading 25 people through that […]

Finito!

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— A little over five weeks ago I boarded a plane to Spain. I was arriving two days before 25 guests who hail from […]

Tuscany Top Ten

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— There are several places I have considered my second home over the years. In my youth I spent summers on the Mississippi Gulf […]

The A Team in Italy

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— It all starts with a lady named Annagloria. In 2009 I started planning a long trip that would take my family through 17 […]

Harrison In Florence

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— For the good part of the past decade I have hosted groups of American travelers— mostly Southerners— in this part of the world. […]

Nine Days of Spain in 1,182 Words

SEVILLE— Nine days into this Spanish deep-dive, I find myself sitting in the front jump seat of a tour bus typing on a borrowed laptop […]

Yonderlust: Spain Week One

MADRID— I spent the final month of 2011 in Spain. I was nearing the end of a six-month sojourn with my wife, 14-year-old daughter, and […]

Feline

For the past couple of months, we have hosted a special guest in our home. Feline Been is the daughter of our good friend Marina […]

Sweet Roll Swan Song

December is considered the month for giving in these parts, but something is going on in February. Last week I was gifted an organized binder […]