If there’s one thing my 12-year-old Ryan excels at (besides video games and annoying his sister), it’s fishing. This is the carp he caught yesterday on his first outing of 2009, off his uncle’s property in Lake Erie waters, using a pole and pre-loaded tackle box he was gifted this past Christmas. Of course, since […]
The Oink Joint, Birch Run: On The Beaten Path
There’s a newer copy of this post over here. If you’re going to leave a comment, please feel free to comment on that version to prevent confusion. Thanks! This past Wednesday after we made final arrangements for our mom at Flint Memorial Park, my sister Barb headed north on Dort Highway out of Clio, Michigan, […]
Eat This Blog: Oven-Roasted Potato Salad
With mom being with God now, I wonder if she’ll be able to bring a halt to the Liske family curse of it raining whenever one of us makes potato salad? Maybe. I mean, the curse did start with her decades ago … I’d made this particular batch of my Oven-Roasted Potato Salad last Saturday for our buddy […]
Holding Hands Again; The Snoring Has Stopped
My parents hold hands in October 2008 ago when we brought them together from different ends of the same hospital. My dad always said he appreciated mom’s rather intense snoring because, if that sound ever stopped, it meant she was gone. She still snored after he passed away this past December 29th. Her snoring stopped […]
Follow-Up to My Peeps Rant
Following my Peeps rant from the other day, the bin on the right was given to me by Mary and Briahna this morning. Fortunately, it was a joke Easter basket, filled with Peep bath toys, a Peeps coloring project, a 24-piece Peep puzzle for 4-year-olds, and a few pounds of the creatures themselves. Behind it […]
Peeps; A Rant
At Beth’s wedding in May 2008, an army of Peeps readied itself for an attack on Minas Tirith … The other day my daughter Briahna said the darndest thing. She said, “I like to leave Peeps out for about a week so they get stale”. Mary and I just looked at her funny. Why? Because […]
Recipe: Chilled Shrimp Pizza Appetizer
This is about as easy as it gets for a nice appetizer that’s full-flavored with some good contrasts in flavor and texture. Getcha some premade pizza crusts, some Heinz ketchup, ground horseradish, shredded mozzarella cheese, and some 71-90 shrimp, no tails and deveined. Mix 1/2 cup ketchup with 2 teaspoons of the horseradish. Add a bit of […]
Recipe: Grandma Gardner’s White Bread
Grandma Pat Gardner’s handmade breads, at Sunday Dinner on March 8, 2009. There is nothing like a slice of freshly-made white bread. Period. My dad would tell the story of coming home from school in the late 1920s/early 1930s (of course, after walking the four miles home uphill in the driving snow) and, each and every […]
A Dinner Date with Mary at Ciao! in Sylvania, Ohio
The beautiful Canneloni at Ciao! Ristorante in Sylvania, Ohio. Not an appetizer … I just wanted to show you dessert first. One of the issues I have in putting this blog together is that seemingly, the better the restaurant, the worse the lighting is. None of the overhead lights actually lit our table at all. […]
Photos: Lenten Fish Fry Dinners, American Legion Post 193, Luna Pier, MI
A plated Lenten Fish Fry Dinner at American Legion Post 193, located here in Luna Pier, Michigan. Coming out of American Legion Post 193 after shooting these photos, while still looking forward to having dinner there with Mary, my right foot hit the front edge of the bottom step out the front door of the place. […]