dave in the shack

I have left so many things unfinished; topics merely introduced, follow ups promised, to do lists not done, sequels languishing somewhere th...

I put my coffee cup, a little brown cup I bought at a second hand store in 1980, upside down on my wood stove. The cup says “Mitch” on the ...

There are times you learn things you wish you had never known. But you cannot avoid the truth, at least you should not. How does that clic...

Overall you, my readers, seemed to like the Hot Toddy post last week. Comments were as follows: “I’ve been doing colds all wrong.” “I t...

Fittingly, as the temperature plunged on Tuesday I caught my first serious cold of the winter. I get cocky at times, and find myself thinki...

I didn’t prepare anything for career day at Ottawa High School. I was asked so long ago, and it snuck up on me. I just went to the high sch...

It was -6 when I walked to the shack this morning. It takes a while to warm up this little room on a day so cold. Yesterday I took one of ...