It is Thursday morning and the children are all sleeping in a little longer. It’s their first day of not having to go to school for the summer. Yesterday, daughter Susan and I attended the school picnic. After the awards were presented to the children everyone moved outside to do the various activities planned for [...]
I was cleaning out some stuff the other day and ran across a book I never remember buying or for that matter, ever owning. That bothers me. And it was the tongue in cheek writing that I normally latch onto. The author of the book is Jeff Eberbaugh. The name of the book is “Road [...]
Although the recent Tony awards show promised its audience “bigger, bigger, and bigger,” Artworks again will be hosting smaller theatre with the upcoming Jim Samuels production of Intimate Theatre. Performances are scheduled for June 20 – 23, with the Thursday, Friday and Saturdayshows at 7:00 p.m. and the Sunday matinee at 2. The four pieces include “Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They [...]
Considering that one of the brews being reviewed this week is categorized as a “Euro Dark Lager,” I thought it might be worth our while reviewing this style of brew in very basic terms. For a the better part of 150 years, lagers (or at least the majority of them) have largely fallen into the [...]
I’m going to call this the vacation from the strange side. It had all been arranged. Wife Susan, and longtime friend and skiing cohort, Renee Osgood, were going out west skiing this spring. Yours truly was going to spend a glorious week bach-ing it with Mutt Elsa. Then, with nary a hint, the gals got [...]
By Alice Bandstra The 1913 Chicago World’s Fair was the occasion for the largest quilt contest ever. Sears, Roebuck and Company announced the competition in their January catalog and offered $7,500 worth of prize money, including a $1,000 grand prize. This was a great amount of money in hard economic times so many quilters [...]
By Lovina Eicher The Amish Cook Church services are now past and are set to be here again in two weeks. ‘Through it all I was battling a cough and lost my voice for a few days. I’m feeling better every day, which I’m glad for. I will share recipes for this week and will [...]
One of the beers I’m reviewing this week is a chocolate stout. Stouts in general, and chocolate stouts among them are very malty brews. Frankly, this is the type of ale I deeply appreciate. I understand my appreciation may well be a matter not only of personal taste, but also of personal prejudice to a [...]
Last week, a reader bumped into me at the market and asked why I have hitherto so ignored their favorite brew and category of ales. Folks do seem to take umbrage with my column if I haven’t yet mentioned three favorites. This reader is a huge fan of Bell’s Amber Ale, brewed by the ever-so-talented [...]
It seems like I hardly have time to sit down and write this column, but it needs to be done before deadline. We are having a light rain this morning which we are so thankful for. Yesterday we also had some rain and it sure has made my garden perk up. I think we will [...]