Over the past couple of days, I have been assembling our Thanksgiving meal. The thought occurred to me there were few dishes I was making that were not influenced by Thanksgivings past. From the actual recipes to the physical dishes that contained food or presented the stars of the meal. […]
Creole and Cajun Gumbo
“Life is too short for boring meals.” The History While I was born in Louisiana and have well over 150 years of Louisiana ancestry, I did not grow up eating cajun food. I honestly do not remember where and when the love affair with this type of food started, but […]
Audio Books for the Busy
A Heartbreak Story of Love, Loss, and Life This book was rough, I am not going to lie. I generally have a book to listen to while at work to keep noise out and my mind focused. I googled best non-fiction books of 2022 and “In Love” by Amy Bloom […]
Is it Covid or Am I Crazy
The Background As much as everyone wants covid to go away, it just isn’t. Every month or two it seems covid puts on a fake mustache, a cowboy hat, changes a couple of proteins and is back in the news wrecking havoc. For the past two years my family has […]
A Summer Escape
No Cars Allowed Last summer we ventured out of quarantine to our summer vacation destination. I enjoy visiting out of the way places, and if there is a history component, all the better. We wanted to go to a beach, just not a crowded beach. After searching the popular islands […]
Cows, Wind, and Cactus
A New Normal Our last “normal”, unimpeded vacation, was in the summer of 2019. This was a trip to New England. We ventured to an island off the coast of South Carolina last summer, but there were restrictions. Our twin daughters graduated high school since the pandemic began. Both now […]
Since You Did Not Ask…
One thing that is not lacking just about everywhere is opinion. Everyone has an opinion about everything. There are opinions about having opinions. As a person in a town of a state in a country on this planet, we have quite a bit going on. This leads to many, many […]
The Great Outdoors
Who doesn’t love vacation? I think planning a vacation may be my favorite thing. Generally, I spend months at a time fussing over places to stay, attractions, and must visit restaurants. Color coded, laminated spreadsheets would be distributed before departure to all family members. All of this was completed for […]
Ode to the Stubborn Old Goats
We have, if we are lucky, all encountered, engaged, and for lack of a better description, “dealt” with a stubborn old goat. These are the older authority figures in our lives. And more often than not, the heroes. My dad was the first SOG (Stubborn Old Goat) I encountered. Obviously, […]
Almost Everything but the Kitchen Sink
I have started a half dozen post between July and yesterday. There was so much going on. Summer vacation, school starting, marching season, work stress, and all of those are individual post. However, that requires time, adequate rest, coherent thought, pictures, and any other excuse I can think of. Somehow […]