Waiting for Gouda

There is a small post-it note stuck on my computer monitor that says, simply, “Don’t Forget.” And while I have no idea to what this basic directive refers, I still think it is pretty good advice. I seem to recall a time when there was something that I never wanted to forget, some [...]

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I remember the winter of ’86 like it was just a decade ago. I had just turned twelve years old and was able to look back over the last ten years of my life as I made the transition from reasonably cute little toddler to somewhat clumsy and awkward child to incredibly and [...]

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I had noticed that over the last couple of weeks a tiny little trickle of water would appear around the edge of the toilet. It was really just a tiny little bit. One of those things that, if you actually owned the house, you might be compelled to investigate further, to fix as [...]

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With the weather turning cooler, the Lovely Wife™ and I have taken our crock-pot out of storage and are enjoying all manner of soups, stews, chowders and broths on a regular basis. For those of you not familiar with the wonder that is a crock-pot, it’s basically a large ceramic-type dish into which you [...]

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