dave in the shack

 In the first half of every month, I do this thing for Open Table, my church.  We cook a free lunch every second Sunday, and I’m the advance...

 Despite the pandemic and the new Omicron blizzard that’s predicted, we got our family together for Christmas.  I never imagined this holida...

  My daughter Moe texted me the other day.  “Hey Dad.  Do you remember that outrageous over the top Christmas letter you sent out with the...

Measuring the success of a garden isn’t simple.  If it was a farm, it might be.  You’d go by the output: the size of the crop, bushels per a...

 I had a small problem with the Buick while filling it up at Thorntons the other day. I always use my credit card to pay outside.  Doing s...

  COVID has changed even the simplest of things.   Like the annual guys’ fishing trip to Canada.   What’s simpler than going fishing?    Ass...