We all have them. Skeleton’s in our closets….It could be the wild Spring Break in Cabo, or the weekend in Las Vegas that you don’t quite remember. Perhaps you were the one that put soap in the town’s water fountain just before the Christmas parade, or pulled the fire alarm at your graduation ceremony. Maybe […]
One day, when he was about 14, my oldest son wanted to stop off at a local fast food joint for some grody junk food. Actually, as is customary for a boy his age, he wanted this most days. On this particular day, I acquiesced. So we were standing in line behind two other local […]
When I was a kid, there were two kinds of dumplings. I mean, I am sure there were many, many kinds of dumplings then, as there are now, but in my family, there were only two. And both went with chicken. Chicken N Dumplin’s came two ways. One, with fluffy, cloud like dumplings, was made with […]
Never underestimate the importance of knowing your weights and measures. For Christmas one year, my mother gifted my boys with Home Depot tool boxes, complete with the full range of functional, but small-sized tools. They each had a hammer, saw, pliers, screwdriver, wrench, level and tape measure. Most children, when in possession of such items […]
I love the English….Don’t you? I mean, after all, they have been one of our strongest allies in matters of world affairs, and aside from that whole Revolutionary War thing, have been our closest friends. Maggie Thatcher was the BOMB. I so miss her. And the Queen….Don’t let her fool you. She looks like a […]
It is often said that cooking is art and baking is science. Cooking was so natural to a right-brained, artistic type like myself. I viewed a recipe as the canvas on which I would create my masterpiece. A blank space to which I would add my own color with a pinch of this, or […]
There are some places that just exude a certain character. A vibe that is unique to the locale. Austin, for example is weird. And Austinites are very proud of the collective weirdness that is their city. Kind of like what would happen if Seattle,WA and Berkley,CA got together and had a baby. It is very much […]
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