Alex Torres has gotten to use at home some of what he has learned in his cooking class. ...more

January 28, 2009

Only a few ticks of the clock remained before Saturday night would become Sunday morning and Florida coach Urban Meyer already had touched on all the obligatory talking points of the Gators' 26-3 win against Miami - early offensive struggles, running game questions, special teams success and a stand-up defensive performance - when one last question stopped him like rush-hour traffic at a train crossing. ...more

September 8, 2008

Why is it that when I'm sick I revert to being a child again? When I don't feel well, all I want is for my mama to come and bring me chicken soup and lay her cool hand on my forehead and tell me it's going to be all right. It doesn't matter that I'm a mother myself now and my mother is 80 years old. When I'm sick, in body or in spirit, no one can make it better like she can. I wonder. Do my children feel that way about me? They're adults now. They have lives of their own and "significant others" to comfort and cheer them. Maybe they really don't need me now. ...more

May 24, 2008