Dad’s Shrimp Creole by Doug Durkin, who grew up in St. Mary’s City at the southern tip of Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay shoreline. 5 lbs shrimp, peeled and deveined 4 large cans tomato sauce 2 small cans tomato paste 1 stick butter 1/4 cup flour 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 small onion, chopped 1 […]

When I was a little girl in 1976 (eight and nine years old) I was REALLY into Donny and Marie Osmond. We would watch their show and eat waffles on Friday nights in my mom and dad’s bedroom, which is where our little black and white television set was at the time. I also remember

January 8, 2015 Today my youngest child figured out that Santa is Dad. This morning he was upset that his old bike was already at Deseret Industies and that his new bike was too nice to lock up at the school just yet. Then he pouted about how Dad must have bought the bikes if

I am like many other cub scout moms. I want the best for my son. I know he has HUGE potential and so do I. However, time and energy is limited, so sometimes we do things the easy way. Take this “homemade instrument” that Curt and I made, for instance. Of course, we did try

Q. What do you get if you cross Santa with a detective ? A. Santa Clues! Q. What happened when a Guy ate the Christmas decorations? A. He went down with tinsel-itis. There were two scouts who went deep into the frozen woods searching for a Christmas tree. After hours of subzero temperatures a few

Here is my favorite chicken salad recipe: – some bottled/canned chicken – some mayo – some lemon juice – a little diced onion (green or red or yellow…) – a little diced grapes or apples – S&P to taste (freshly ground pepper is the best) MIX and put on homemade bread with a huge chunk