The Marshalltown Crier photographer wanted a good shot. He might be able to sell it to the major dailies in the state. This was home-town boy making it big. Robert Calvert, certified war hero and California State Senator was announcing his bid for the Big Show—running for the U.S. Senate in the 1...
Felix, Matthias’ predecessor, had gone so far as to cultivate trees that had the truffle fungus. He’d even planted an orchard of hazelnut and oak trees, inoculating them with the fungus that produced black truffles. This was a lucrative cash crop for the family and allowed them to build and conso...
“It’s not slopping over to the magazine yet, but the broadcast guys are running around squawking. ““What’s gotten to them?”“It’s the first show out of Kiev. The clip on the party with the Azerbaijani people? There’s a rumor going around that the U.S. State Department wants to talk to us.”“The S...