There are certain rituals I love. Fall has quite a few for me. Yes, there's football, hunting, leaves changing color, MLB playoffs, th...

It’s a whole hog barbecue and it’s called many different things across the USA: In some places it’s a hog roast, a pig pull, or a pig ro...

The annual Providence MANday Night Chili Cookoff has happened. We had about 40 contestants, and about 160 chili eaters (although the only o...

I like gardening. Let me rephrase that: I like getting a garden started . Every year I plan, plow, fertilize, till, prepare rows/hills, p...

This weekend was just great. Dara got some backpacking equipment for Christmas, and spring break is when she was determined to try it all...

When the kids are home, we want to spend as much time with them as we can. Hiking is a family favorite, and a little trail near Spring City...

We are in Kathmandu, Nepal, reconnecting with some of Madison's friends and contacts before traveling closer to our target area. We have...

As I wrote in a previous post, I didn't have the best chili in the MANday Night Chili Cook-off (in my opinion). I tasted several guys...

I first had Brunswick Stew when a friend in seminary took me to shoot sporting clays at a family home place in southern Virginia. We had it ...