Some personal news: I made crepes this morning for the first time in years. Strawberry compote and whipped cream. They were delicious.
Ben Montgomery
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Ben Montgomery
@gangrey
Author of A SHOT IN THE MOONLIGHT, GRANDMA GATEWOOD’s WALK, etc. Proud (old) Arkansas Tech Wonder Boy.
Tampa
Joined November 2009
- Your son dies. Your mother, who loved him, wants to donate books that reflect his spirit to a school that loved him. You ask his teachers, who loved him, and his local bookseller, who loved him, too, to fill an order based on a pattern, and they give you back your son.
- If you could cast one vote in a race you’re not eligible to vote in, which would it be?
- Every single time I teach, I talk about @brady_dennis's 300-word story "After the sky fell." It might be the closest any of us has ever come to the perfect story.
- "local milk people"
- The person we elect Tuesday gets an unsustainable ticking-time-bomb US economy and faces a global economic depression no one under 90 has ever seen before. Been thinking a lot about Herbert Hoover today.
- The best thing about living in Tampa is seeing our older friends and neighbors zipping around on electric scooters lately. A shirtless guy, no younger than 80, just gave me the thumbs up as he blew by my house doing at least 30. Florida.
- I wrote about getting divorced and losing my job and taking my kids on a 244-mile walk to try to figure it all out.
- I'm thrilled to be joining @Axios to write about this wild, weird, wonderful place we call home. floridapolitics.com/archives/38909…
- Replying to @ABSamson1Looking for a walking mail route, honestly. A long/held dream.
- Replying to @TallulahJ71Sure you can! Stew whole strawberries in a little butter and water with some brown sugar and a pinch of salt. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the water is mostly gone and it has the consistency of preserves. 🍓
