Mardi Gras brings visions of two things, parades and food. Ok, there are some other things, but this is a family newspaper. And food, is where I come in.A few years ago, my wife, Stacy and I had the pleasure of visiting New Orleans a week before Mardi Gras. My cousin, Joe Toomy, a congressman ...
A few months back, we added a chest freezer and a downstairs refrigerator to our home.I wondered, quite honestly, how IÎÞëÊÓÆµ™d fill either. WeÎÞëÊÓÆµ™d existed for several years with the lone fridge with its two freezer drawers in our kitchen. I kept both filled; often to the brim with cooked ahead ...
When my mother passed away recently, my sister compared her to Mary Tyler Moore, who had died that same day. I had compared her to Carol Burnett. We were born nine years apart, and by the time I had come along, there were several others in the middle. I guess six kids turn you sarcastically ...