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I love to cook and bake. And I spend a lot of my time thinking about, and creating new recipes. You might say that the Kitchen is my Happy Place.

For me, cooking and baking are forms of “moving mediation”, involving all five basic human senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. The sensing organs associated with each of these send information to our brain and our conscious movement helps calm the mind while it’s focused on the present moment.

Not all of the recipes shown are my own creation. Some were handed down by family members, or shared with me by friends. Some are modified, others are not. Most of these, though, are my own creation.

For a full list of my recipes, please click on the menu bar ( ☰ ) found on the upper left of this page.

If you’re looking for a specific recipe, the search icon on the upper right works pretty darn well too.

Who’s writing this?…..

23 Sunday Feb 2025

Posted by in Bourbon, Coffee, Diary, Dining, spirituality

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You and I are a continuation of those who came before us, shaped by the social environment and culture we were born into.

With that in mind, I present to you a relatively short list of pertinent details about me:

  • I’m a blend of Scottish, Irish, and British Heritage; born during  the “baby boom” to a lower middle class family.
  • Once in America, my family settled in the south. We were farmers and bee keepers.
  • Ancestry.com and written family records confirm that, I’m also of Native American (Cherokee) heritage.
  • I am a direct descendant of Cherokee, “Yellow Bird Trail Killer”; born in his bloodline through his daughter “Yellow Bird” (aka Nancy Pack – Jenkins).
  • My forefathers fought in the Revolutionary War, WW-1, and WW-2.
  • My mother was 15 years old when I was conceived, and 16 when I was born. (Just 7 months to the day after my parents were married).
  • I have 3 younger siblings (2 are still living). My parents divorced when I was 16 — My father was not a part of my life again until many years later.
  • I didn’t go to college. When I graduated from high school, I was making more money than my mom and usually had the only running car in the family.
  • I have 4 sons, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great granddaughters.
  • I love God, my wife, my family, music, and kind people.
  • I’m a firm believer that there is an abundance of opportunity all around us, if only we choose to see it.  
  • I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in late June of 2017, experienced a heart attack in late April of 2022, and although I would have preferred to continue working, I retired in May of 2024, because it was the right thing to do.
  • I enjoy the memories of my past, but I don’t live there.
  • I do my best to learn from my mistakes….and I don’t look back…..ever. 
  • I read and write a lot, and oh….I Love to Cook.
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
~ John F. Kennedy

Updated 6.5.24