I like to read and write.

Bacon is so darned tasty.

Lying on the beach is a splendid way to spend the day.

My passion is ...

salame.

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about garlic presses.

My parents always told me ...

to write thank you notes.

My childhood ambition ...

was to sell cars.

My favorite memory ...

is lying on my back in frigid Lake Tahoe.

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I write because I like the puzzle aspect - the placement of words that make me and the reader linger over an idea.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

is the traffic.

My first job ...

was cleaning houses.

Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History The legacy of Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter signed copies of his latest book, A Remarkable Mother, at a bookstore on Van Ness in San Francisco a few weeks ago. There were about 200 of us waiting in the sunny, but wind-chilled line that wound around the side of the building. What was remarkable was the group of folks waiting to have their books signed.

Jimmy Carter was president from 1977 to 1981. He was the first presidential candidate to get my vote. After class, I bolted to the polling place on my bicycle. I was ecstatic that he had won. But this was an altruistic man who did not delegate efficiently and ultim...

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