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Rusty Brogue
I recently discovered Shanky’s Whip. A dark, sweet liqueur, somewhat analogous to Drambuie, Shanky’s Whip is a mixture of Irish whiskey, vanilla, caramel, and other ingredients. I have been mixing equal parts of Tullamore Dew and Shanky’s...
Mountain Man Breakfast
Dutch Oven Mountain Man Breakfast The Mountain Man Breakfast is a popular Dutch oven recipe which has been around in one form or another for years. If you need to feed a hearty breakfast to a crowd, this is good one. I used a variation from Gary House I found on...
Dutch Oven Rhubarb Cobbler
Dutch Oven Rhubarb Cobbler Spring hasn’t officially arrived until the rhubarb is up. One morning a few leaves poke through the frost covered mulch; by the end of the week, giant rosettes of primordial leaves on bright red stalks cover that corner of the garden....
Tequila Eggs
Tequila Eggs Like Scotch Eggs but I used chorizo mixed with cilantro, dried tomatoes, diced green chilis, and diced jalapenos for the sausage and crushed tortilla chips and roasted chilis for the crust. cook...
Lemon Chicken Soup
Lemon Chicken Soup Lemon Chicken Soup This variation of chicken soup relies upon lemon and a stick of cinammon to give Grandma's old standby a Middle Eastern twist. 3 pounds boneless, skinned chicken tits 4 cups chicken broth 1 cup +/- water1 onion - I...
The Cabbage Creek Militia
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Good Morning
10/8/25 7:00 40F (4.4C) Blue sky with a light breeze coming up the canyon. It's Wednesday morning, the last day in camp. The creek is nattering on like a garrulous old man. Somewhere upstream a squirrel is chatting with the birds, who whistle incredulously at...
Good Morning
Tuesday morning 10/7/25 7:30 40F (4.4C) Clear blue sky. The sun is just kissing the tree tops up on the canyon rim. There is no wind here. I can hear the logging show about a mile away. They started moving equipment about an hour...
Good Morning
10/6/25 Good Monday morning to you. 7:30 38F (3.3C) but it feels colder. Heating water for tea while my brother and Robert sleep. ...
Good Morning
10/5/25 Good morning. 6:00 and cold enough to see my breath but comfortable by the fire. I am not sure if I hear Walter or Jason, but someone is snoring in the tipi, loud enough to scare the bears. Sipping my tea and listening to the brook babble stories to me,...
Good Morning
12/2/25 5:30 36F (2.2C) Calm, cold, relatively dry. The moon has gone to bed. It is a dark morning. Above me the broken clouds are flecked with stars. ...
Good Morning
12/1/25 6:30 28F (-2.2C) Silvery-gray freezing fog ebbing and flowing, sometimes dense and enveloping, sometimes retreating to the shadows of the surrounding trees. It hit freezing early last night and the temperature has dropped since then, making the first...
Good Morning
11/30/25 5:30 34F (1.1C) Cloudy, dark, still. It rained a little last night, but seems to have dried out. A car drives by. I see a couple of stars poke through the clouds low in the west. To the east, a neighbor's paranoid light rends the cloak of night...
Good Morning
11/29/25 5:30 32F (0.0C) Calm, cloudy and dark. The half moon was setting behind the oaks when I went to bed last night. This morning is dark and still, with a coat of ice. Fog is rising from the creek and creeping through the briars and rank grass. The...
Good Morning
11/28/25 8:30 41F (5C) Broad daylight. I slept in. It is a calm morning, with birds chittering, foggy around the edges. A light mist is falling from the gray clouds overhead. Yesterday the family was over, about thirty people, including seven kids. The house...
