The Earth has circled the sun another time.  So we find ourselves once
again at the Thanksgiving table.  Looking back on the year we have plenty
to give thanks for, both kids are in college, Terry’s mother is still with us
gaining valuable time against terminal lung cancer.  So much so that she
will be traveling to Colorado... Read More

Thanksgiving Christmas Tree Tradition is one of our families "don’t miss" events.

For well over a decade now we have always traveled out to the resource area
to select, cut and bring home a nice fresh Christmas Tree.  This takes a
little getting used to since these are natural trees that are not pruned into
the tr... Read More

Kokanee are the land-locked form of sockeye salmon. Because they never migrate out to the ocean to feed, kokanee are often much smaller than sockeye. However, other than their size, kokanee have very similar identifying characteristics as sockeye. Most kokanee live in a lake for most of their lives, so you can usually see them spawning near the edge of a lake or in a ... Read More

As many readers know I do the third Saturday of every month at
The Catholic Outreach
Soup Kitchen in Grand Junction, Colorado.  I write about it fairly
often due to the number of you whom have wrote me with stories of getting
involved and a few of you wrote about getting a ... Read More

When about eight years old the wonders of huckleberries came into my life. These were small red ones found near my uncle’s farm in Washington. My cousins and I would spend half the day picking, fifteen minutes eating and the rest of the day in the swimming hole. Once in a while some... Read More

Because we raise a lot of beef, we enjoy steak and other fantastic cuts of
beef often.  Which also means I have to deal with leftover beef.  I
have been on this Rick Bayless book reading lately so I thought it might be nice
to use up some leftover roast by hammering out some beef fajitas!  So from
the carcass to the table we... Read More

There is a beautiful sunny day outside the window, and rain is being forecast for tonight and tomorrow - all day.

While my arthritis is not overjoyed at the prospect, folks around here, including my son Doug, are happy. The last bout of heavy rain raised the level of the nearby lake by 3 feet - it was 6 feet short of what it usually is.

Skeet Club road ... Read More

Another pork roast, cooked, served and producing leftovers.  We have
talked about making Green Chile earlier this month.  And since I have been reviewing Rick Bayless’s book the past week and a half.  I thought maybe Pork Tamales would be a just thing to create out ... Read More

All of us have probably had some time in the daily life where the bananas
just don’t get used up.  Be it; no one noticed them, or the kids have
places to be, or just plain they did not get eaten before they started their
turn to the "brown ooze" that defines bananas having gone by there prime.  And many if not all of yo... Read More

So, here you are; number two in command. The Sous. The “Go-To Guy/Gal”. The right hand person. You’ve worked hard. You started out as a dishwasher, worked your way into pantry, went to school in the day time and then worked the line at night. Never complained, learned all that you could from everyone around you. You were a sponge, and you just busted... Read More