Weekend Reflections (With Video)

It’s Monday morning and a bird woke me up damn it!! Let me repeat that with a twist. It’s Monday morning, Feb 20th, a federal holiday and a freakin chirping bird woke me up at 8am. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to be alive, thankful to God for another day, but I abhor birds and they are here early, along with the pollen and my seasonal allergies and the promise of a really hot, sweltering Summer. People were eating outside yesterday. It’s the middle of Winter on the East Coast and it is hot. Where is the snow? Where…

Day after Thanksgiving Confessions

So I had a really good Thanksgiving. The food, which I always cook every Thanksgiving, turned out really, really, really good, if I do say so myself. I added one new dish to my Thanksgiving menu, green beans wrapped in bacon with brown sugar and butter. They were so good. Vegetables should always taste like that. I have to add that we had a 95% gluten-free Thanksgiving, which I guess is the real confession here, because I don’t think my son realized it. He thinks the whole gluten free thing is BS. But, I guarantee that he won’t have stomach issues…