A better way to cook butternut squash…off topic but timely
Updated Sept. 15, 2018…A few years ago while visiting our relatives in rural Wisconsin, we were lucky to bring home five gorgeous butternut squash from their…
Thoughts and happenings about life in our small town and surrounding countryside.
Updated Sept. 15, 2018…A few years ago while visiting our relatives in rural Wisconsin, we were lucky to bring home five gorgeous butternut squash from their…
I trust the guy that gave the world Traveller, last year’s awesome old-school country album. So Friday when I saw the straightforward directive below from Chris…
Apples, more specifically apple pies, symbolize early autumn to me. They also remind me of the late John Denver. Here’s why: About a week before I…
We visited Carver’s Orchard & Apple House Restaurant in Cosby, TN, during peak apple picking season in mid-September. Actually, we made two visits. The first was…
I’ve always loved you, Dolly Parton. Now I love you even more. Going to fairs and festivals is a staple for our family’s entertainment. Unfortunately not…
It’s family vacation week for the Bernicks and we are headed to the Gatlinburg area in the Smoky Mountains. There we’ll spend a week in a…
With heat lightning flickering in the background, Mom on concessions and friends and family gathered in lawn chairs, southern California-based rockers Trapdoor Social performed a backyard…
Our visit to the Iowa State Fair on Saturday August 20 was too jam-packed to detail so I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Our group…
They call themselves a “fair family.” Not because they show cattle together or participate in 4-H projects as a family. This tribe was born out of…
Cocktail parties at business conferences tend to put me on edge. I worry about remembering names and whether I’ll look awkward as I scan the crowd…