Bill Perkins

Late last year, blogger and home chef Gieselmann traveled to New York City for what she thought would be an audition for a new show on The Food Network.When she

One spring in the early 1990s, I’d been in Hong Kong for several weeks when I noticed a sign in a shop that catered to Westerners. “Don’t forget Mother’s Day,”

WHO’s Margaret Harris warns Gaza hospitals have 2-3 days’ fuel left due to blocked crossings; humanitarian aid halted. Urges ceasefire.

I’ve never been much of a planner. I’ve always been content to let life flow over me like a warm rain, even though it occasionally turns out it’s not rain

Every 221 years, two major cicada broods, XIII and XIX, emerge together. The last time this happened, Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States

Entropy, defined as decline into disorder, has been on my mind a lot lately. There are constant reminders. The office Wi-Fi goes out with increasing frequency. The left turn signal at Main Street and Ross Clark Circle may stay green for 10 seconds or a full minute without rhyme or reason. A printer stops working. A laptop won’t power off. A tooth aches. A knee buckles. A friend unseen for a while looks suddenly frail. The face in the mirror looks more like your grandfather’s than your own.

The last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind and, if I’m being honest, I may be getting a little long in the tooth for whirlwinds. I enjoy

I wish I could say I’ve been a fan of the Grateful Dead since the earliest days, back when 15-year-old Bobby Weir followed the plinks of a banjo and wandered

For many years, Alabama has been ridiculed in national publications for having fewer women in political leadership positions than other assumed to be progressive states. States like Colorado, New York,

Recently we went to see a movie called “The Menu.” I didn’t know much about it and wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It turned out to be a sort

Everybody, it seems, has a favorite holiday. Some people like Halloween, and I used to be one of them – not because of all the decorations, but because it was

If I had to name the weirdest year I’ve experienced, I’d choose 1980 without hesitation. I was three years out of high school and hadn’t yet figured out what to

When you hear people talk about previous lives, they’ll usually get around to letting you know that in their past incarnation, they were someone special. A princess, or a king.

When I was in high school, listening to rock music like many of my peers, I looked for new music wherever I might find it. Late at night I would

As you turn off U.S. 98 ALT and drive past the guard shack and through the gate, the first thing you’ll notice that isn’t one of the

A legend in Alabama newspaper, educational, and political lore, Jim Oakley of Centreville, turned 87 last month.

I have always loved mail, so much so that I often think I’d have made a good postal carrier. I could have one of those big leather pouches, a vehicle

One day last week, I was on my way back to work after lunch and got caught by cross-traffic at Park Avenue. As I waited, I watched a cyclist stopped

I like this guy Vlad on the morning television program. He’s always happy and laughing and upbeat, and that’s pretty much all someone could ask for first thing in the

I should have known better.