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It’s Sunday evening and The Big Cook is over… Where did the last two days go? As I indicated in my last post, some of our family members were getting together to do one of our monumental cooks of pork…

Janet and I are fortunate that our family is so close to us. Not only geographically but also in the ways that we live life together. When Janet and I were first married, we decided to have our children when…

In the last 10 years or so, I have taken up learning how to make sausage, pulled pork, brisket, kielbasa, meatloaf and a host of other items in our smoker. In fact, we have named my hobby “Scotty’s Smokehouse.” I…

Saturday, our great country celebrates its 250th birthday. We have come a long way from the days of British rule and celebrations, complete with fireworks, are being planned around the nation. Colonial Williamsburg is expecting 500,000-700,00 visitors per day to…

This past Friday, I was headed home after an errand to the local Best Buy store. I finally had to upgrade my iMac that I have had close to 10 years now. Andrew convinced me that now that I am…