by Neal Dionne | Jun 17, 2017 | Food & Recipes, Summer
I have had a taste for seafood lately and have been experimenting with flavors beyond the typical butter, dill & lemon. I happened to spot some beautiful Halibut steaks at “Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market” (Love this store) I also grabbed some fresh vegetables for...
by Neal Dionne | Jun 17, 2017 | Food & Recipes, Story, Summer
My sons, Jeff, Christopher & Nick all married extremely health conscious young ladies. Alicia, Vanessa & Jamie are all beautiful, they work out and eat right. They are also big fans of juicing and have spoken to me about the many health benefits, as has my...
by Neal Dionne | Jun 17, 2017 | Food & Recipes, Summer
I feel very fortunate to live on a lake with a healthy Perch population and it happens to be one of my favorites. I generally grill my fish but on those occasions when I hunger for crispy, golden fried fish, I have come to rely on healthy options. A few years ago, I...
by Neal Dionne | Jun 11, 2017 | Summer
I had a real hankering for fish. I was hoping to snag a few perch for dinner. As luck would have it, a contractor was treating our lake today for weeds. No fish for consumption tonight. I decided that it was a perfect day to clean the boat from stem to stern, get some...
by Neal Dionne | Jun 11, 2017 | Story
Several weeks ago I had to make a trip to Southern Illinois. I was headed toward Indiana on I-196 in near blizzard conditions. It was a combination of blinding snow and sleet with powerful winds. Ditches were filling with cars. It was quite a white knuckle trip....
by Neal Dionne | May 15, 2017 | Story
My, it has been a long winter. I am proud to say that we are the first lakers to get our boat in the water this season. It was just delivered after months of storage. We bought it at the end of the summer last year even though our home wasn’t finished until...
by Neal Dionne | May 3, 2017 | Food & Recipes
My Jeanie loves Tex-Mex. She’d probably eat it everyday if I’d make it. She texted the other day that she was on her way home and had a hankering for Southwest flavors. I knew what that meant. A 30 mile drive (each way) to her favorite Mexican restaurant. I...
by Neal Dionne | Apr 25, 2017 | Story
It absolutely fascinates me how things change with time. I’m referring to our perceptions and the maturation of our views on all kinds of things. When time slips by, its gone. Do you know that feeling you get when you look at your grown children and wonder where all...
by Neal Dionne | Apr 7, 2017 | Fall / Winter, Food & Recipes, Summer
When I was a kid, I never thought too much about food. All I knew was that you didn’t miss dinner at my house. My cue to run home for dinner was the five O’clock whistle that blew from atop a 300 ft smokestack in my hometown. We always had dinner together although I...
by Neal Dionne | Apr 7, 2017 | Story
I think I can safely say that most of us have a lot of friends. With the use of social media, we might even say that we have thousands of friends, fans or followers. But how many are forever friends? Those very few special people that hold a unique place in your life....
