My Beef Tamale Skillet
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...
Children 2.0 and learning to play, again.
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...
How did she do that? (Salisbury Steak Recipe)
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...
A Forever Friend
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....
Cottage & Lakefront Living Show
A Great Michigan Weekend! There are so many unique things about Michigan that make life here so special. Just one of those many things is the tradition of the family cottage. Memories have been made for decades and continue today. I am fortunate to have been asked...
Bring Back An Old Favorite – Hobo Pie Recipe
Gatherings at the cottage should be laid back & easy. That is precisely why the food we usually prepare is simple hamburgers and hot dogs. Nothing wrong with that, everyone loves them. Back when I was growing up (Which is still in progress) I was a Boy Scout....