A tip for our Birmingham Uber driver

A tip for our Birmingham Uber driver

A short Uber ride in Birmingham provided both the means to the National Civil Rights Monument and the meaning such places exist. “Do you know where we could take a civil rights walking tour?” my mom asked William, our driver. “You’d have to go to Montgomery for that,” he said while he zipped us along [...]

Root vegetables

Root vegetables

The pungent package arrived without a return address, but I knew exactly where it came from. Nick Asashon has been sending me miner's garlic every year since 2016, when he mailed me the first batch and connected me to Colver, Pennsylvania, a little mining town I used to love to visit, but haven't seen since [...]

My grandfather’s store

My grandfather’s store

My grandfather, Bob Fey, spent his entire professional career working at the same place -- the sweet and eponymous Fey's Supermarket. Located on the corner of Powers and Borden street in Cincinnati (until a state highway rolled through, the government claimed imminent domain and the store moved across the street) Fey's Supermarket served as a [...]