Monday, March 16, 2026

A vegetarian delight

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Trying a new recipe is one of my favorite things to do.  Sometimes I'm disappointed, but mostly not.  Today I stumbled onto a wonderful ...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

A lot of history in this photo!

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  It's been awhile since I posted on my blog.  But here I am! The photo above is the monorail that was up and running every Christmas at...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

A new smoker (the meat kind) soon!

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I'm a big time fan of smoking meat.  A little background - for a long time, I was interested in smoking meat.  On a visit with my father...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Changes

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Things change over time.  There is nothing we can do about that. Back in the 70's, 80's, 90's, and into the early 2000s, the Adi...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

A new owl house

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I just received this new owl house from Evensens Productions.  It is handmade cedar and turns out is much bigger than I expected.  I've ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

First Smoke of the Season!

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Few things bring me more pleasure than firing up the smoker with some kind of meat, this time pork roast.  Smoking meat is a time consuming ...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

A whimsical reminder

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  F orever R ely O n G od
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Overcoming life's obstacles

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I'm a mentally strong person, capable of overcoming those roadblocks everyone deals with from time to time.  But the last week threw me ...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

I made it to March!

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Ugh, it's March already and we are almost done with this harsh winter of 24/25.  There was a time, in my younger days, when I loved wint...
Monday, February 24, 2025

An unexpected change

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I love smoking meat. . . been doing it for over ten years now and never ruined a piece of meat.  Before I got into it, I knew nothing about ...