Ralph shadowed me today in New York. Ralph Ellison that is. I was delivering holiday treats on corner of Riverside Drive and 150th Street midday today. A tribute to Ralph Ellison was hiding in plain sight down the street from where I was double parked, a visible invisible man.

Sheep stories, from Awassi, the comeback kid, to Black Faced Manech, a mountain dweller via A Field Guide to Cheese (Artisan Books, September 2020) by Tristan Sicard. The Awassi is indigenous to the Middle East (Syria, Turkey, Israel) yet found his way to the United States. The Black Faced Manech can be spotted in the French and Spanish Pyrenees as well as Portugal. As for A Field Guide to Cheese, it will teach you everything...