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Stuffed Zucchini

Stuffed Zucchini

It is that time of year. The zucchini is coming on and gardeners are hiding the stuff in everything trying to foist it off on their friends and neighbors. I don’t go in for the subterfuge – none of that zucchini bread, zucchini cookies, zucchini fudge, or zucchini...

Living My Best Life

Living My Best Life

Pork chop grilled with herbs from the garden (sage, rosemary, oregano) and a flaming splash of bourbon, applesauce, mashed potatoes, green peas picked and hour before and, of course, a nice salad, Washed it all down with beer from Full Sail in a Lady Washington...

Pie Iron Breakfast Scramble

Pie Iron Breakfast Scramble

A quick and easy breakfast for one or two people, this pie iron scramble is a real winner Ingredients 2 servings  2 handfuls Tater Tots 2 slices bacon 1 egg butter pepper, garlic three fingered pinch diced onion (optional) three fingered pinch diced sweet pepper...

Pie Iron Biscuits and Gravy

Pie Iron Biscuits and Gravy

Biscuits and Gravy are an old favorite of mine. When I learned you can make them in a pie iron, I knew I had to give it a try.         Ingredients   1 handful of ground sausage formed into 5 small patties and pre-cooked 1 12oz. tube of...

White Privilege

White Privilege

I used to call this one "Diabetes in a Glass", but reflecting upon recent events, I have changed the name to "White Privilege", because it tastes so sweet you don't even know it is fucking you up. Ingredients   Old Fashioned Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Dr. Mc...

Good Morning

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

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

Good Morning

  9/20/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 Blue sky with a hint of a breeze. Yesterday,  I cut some pumpkin rings and hung them on the drying rack in the tipi. I am waiting until they allow fires to do more. We went to Dave's for a birthday party for mom later. She will be...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/19/26 6:45 46F (7.7C) AQI 24 Daylight is upon us but the sun is not quite up.  The sky is clear and blue. There is a tickle of a breeze. The kennel dogs are barking and Walter joins their conversation. Birds trill and chirp. The hens are clucking....

Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/18/26 7:00 55F (12.7C) AQI 27 Clear, cloudless sky with a faint breeze stirring. Aside from Walter's  occasional outbursts and the rooster fulfilling his duties, it is a quiet Friday morning. I finished the drying rack and set the lodge up yesterday.  I'm...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/17/26 6:30 48F (8.8C) AQI 19 It is a clear, blue dawn. A slight breeze flutters the birch but leaves the oaks unmoved. Sprayers whine and a few cars pass, headed for town. Good morning.                    ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/16/26 7:15 49F (9.4C) AQI 21 Clear blue sky with a few white clouds in the south. No wind, light dew. The sun has not yet topped the ridge. I can feel the season changing. Sunrise is slower, the air is colder with a crisp edge to it. After getting up early to...