Porkin’ in the USA

October means several things around here.  The weather gets cooler.  It also starts to rain again although its been unusually dry around here lately.  Then there is Octoberfest.  I’ve written about it before.  Every year around mid-October the town of Cleveland holds a big barbecue competition downtown.  Winners go on to participate in the World…

Musings on Southern Culture

Every place has a culture.  Mannerisms, customs, traditions, and ways of doing things all vary between nations, states, regions, families, and towns.   The variety of cultures across the world is fascinating in all its diversity. The same holds true in our country.  The culture of New York is not the same as California, which is…