Festival of Mud

My friend Sandy Autry, aka Hootie Que is a bit of a rarity on the competition circuit; he is a solo cook, a self-proclaimed One Man Wolfpack. At some of the larger events though, a little help is needed when your cook site is a quarter mile from the turn-in table. And so Sandy asked […]

Blog Restored

Perhaps it wasn’t too smart to name this blog “Footprints”, as the site recently vanished like footprints in the sand when the tide comes in. The wave responsible was an update to the WordPress system that was incompatible with the third party theme “Virtue” that I was using. I’ve restored the site and changed the […]

A day with the President

Now or Never James Earl Carter Jr. and I were both born on October first, though his arrival predates mine by 38 years. He was the first Presidential candidate I voted for, initiating my habit of backing the loser most any national election. As a resident of Georgia since 1985, I’ve always felt a bit […]