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Welcome back to the blog, it’s been too long between posts. While I haven’t been blogging quite as much lately I assure you I have been hitting the “bbq trail” so to speak and working on bbq. I’d also like to welcome the Holstein general store as the newest purveyor of budges bbq spices. Check […]

Who doesn’t love a good road trip? After multiple days of family Christmas it was time to kick back and hit the road, destination? St Louis MO. Why St Louis? Visit my side of the family and of course, the food! Oh the food. Time to do some bbq research! December 27th we are a […]

“ It was Christmas Eve, in the drunk tank. An old man said to me, won’t see another one”. The fairy tale of New York by the Pogues. Possibly the greatest Christmas song ever written. This past week Pogues singer, song writer and frontman Shane MacGowan passed away at the age of 65. MacGowan was […]

This past August we got together with a number of our friends for my annual “big bourbon bash”. I believe this was my 20th year of hosting the bash. The theme of course is bourbon therefor all the food I cook for the weekend is either marinated or includes jack daniels in one form or […]

Feb 3 1959 is known as the day the music died. We lost Richie Valens, the big bopper and Buddy Holly that day but Sept 1 2023 will always be the day the music died for me. James William Buffett better known as Jimmy has set sail. Jimmy was an American poet, a rock star, […]

Homecoming, it can mean different things to different people. If you live in Mildmay/Carrick it means a party, a very big party which happens every 10 years. This past Civic weekend Mildmay-Carrick celebrated homecoming. A chance to catch up with old friends you possibly haven’t seen for years or possibly just enjoy the many activities […]

Welcome back to my blog. August 2021, Pearson airport 4:45 am. It’s a warm, dark, breezy morning. Jacquie and I have exited the departure lanes from the airport. We have just dropped Chloe off in the middle of the pandemic. Travelling to a country she has never been for med school. With 2 suitcases of […]

Here we are 2021, yes! Well at least i think yes. I have never been one to be fixated on the past so i’m not going to dedicate much space here to it. I’m going to call 2020 for what it was ” a piece of shit”. There, done. Lets move on to something a […]

Yes i am a pirate 200 years too late, canons don’t thunder there’s nothin to plunder i’m a over 40 victim of fate. A pirate looks at 40. I love this song and consider it Jimmy’s finest work. It’s an ode to Jimmy’s old friend Phil Clark. Seems Phil couldn’t find his calling in life […]

With all the doom and gloom in the world today I thought this would be a good time to write this. I hope the beautiful pictures of Aruba lighten your day. Prior to the current mess that’s going on in the world Jacquie and I took off to Aruba for a week of blissful r&r. […]