dave in the shack

There is a sign over the highway entrance into Walt Disney World (WDW) that proclaims it is “The Most Magical Place on Earth.”  I’d never be...

I was editing stories last week.  Stories that have become chapters in a book.  I like writing from scratch much better than editing, but yo...

  Brussels Sprouts (Thanksgiving 2025) June was with me in the spring when we planted the garden.  She had just turned four.  I explained ...

  Open Table Church got a late start on its once-a-month Sunday dinner and Monday breakfast project at the Ottawa PADS shelter.  Illinois...

I visited June’s school before she finished her first year at the end of May.  June is my four-year-old granddaughter. Although June would c...

  For Antonio, long a friend of our son and our family, April 23, 2025, was not a normal day. He was scheduled to appear in federal court at...

   A friend who shares original poems with me wrote about a pork butt, in free verse, which prompted me to ask him if he makes pulled pork...