A Fistful Of Fig Newtons
August, 1981
The Squat, chunky glass nestled chill and reassuring in my hand. It was one of my treasured set of matched old fashioned glasses celebrating the long-past Bicentennial of our blessed land. Each tumbler bore in magnificent cut-glass bas-relief a portrait of a founding father. Thomas Jefferson, his face stern and yet patriotically inspiring, sweated slightly on the side of my icy glass. Under his portrait, etched with authority, was a quote from The Great Democrat himself: I believe in the People....
