For as long as I can remember, I have battled with non stop sinusitis. Over the past 12 years, I have been treated for acute or chronic sinusitis 28 times, or 2.3 times every year.  Almost every one of the 2+ doctor visits each year resulted in course of

Last week, my wife asked me to build a loft bed for her daughter (my stepdaughter).  This wasn’t her first request.  She’s been after me for some time to get this one done.  However, due to the tense political environment in our household, there was no way for me

I’m not a resolution-hater.  New Years resolutions tend to get badmouthed.  Why?  What’s so wrong with making plans to improve yourself and your life?  I understand that most of the hate comes from the resultant disappointment of failed follow-through.  We quietly resign our plans made, based on the sincerest

Some time ago, my mom compiled and gifted my siblings and I a recipe book of all of our family-favorites.  Inside was a recipe for Chocolate Crinkle cookies.  As a kid, these were my favorite homemade cookies.  My mom used to make these each year during the Christmas season

It may not be advisable to introduce a recipe with vivid memories of dry-heaving at the sight and smell of the subject-food, but I feel I must.   I recall sitting at the kitchen table with eyes watering, enduring looks of disapproval and disappointment from every other member of the