Growing up, I was absolutely fascinated with Abraham Lincoln. I am pretty sure ole Honest Abe was not much of a drinker, but back then neither was I (I was seven); the allure was centered around his writings and sayings. I read pretty much anything I could get my hands on concerning our 16th President. Primary, secondary, tertiary sources? It didn’t matter; I wanted to read it.

While I have forgotten most of what I read back then (insert alcohol/brain cell/wait, what? joke here), I still hold him in high esteem and still try to quote him when appropriate (and the requisite brain synapses fire accordingly).

Just this past week, I was reminded of one of my favorite Lincoln quotes, which was perhaps the first that I memorized as a child:

You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

As it turns out, while this is widely attributed to Abraham Lincoln, there is no hard evidence when, or if, he actually said it. There goes another pillar of my childhood stricken down by the world wide web….

Why do I mention all of this? Well, I had another article published in the Chicago Wine Press, another travel/cycling/wine piece, this time focused on the Loire Valley, a region that I have visited countless times and have grown to love.

So what does this have to do with Abraham Lincoln? Well, nothing, actually, but it does seem as though I have been able to fool the kind folk at the Chicago Wine Press enough to keep inviting me back to contribute to their fine publication.

Head over there and check it out, and be sure to let me know what you think! (Extra credit if you can identify the photo below–I took it, in case you were wondering.)