Summary: A no cost way to standup a static web site using Jeckyll, Markdown files, on an Ubuntu rig hosted for free as a GitHub pages site with HTTPS. Creating a Blog Using Jekyll on an Ubuntu M...

“Sometimes it takes a journey to come home” is a quote I came across while reading on the flight back from Dallas to Columbus last weekend. The American Heart Association had flown a group of us ou...

I’ve been trying to work with chocolate a little more than I have in the past. So I have three bricks of El Rey, Callebuet and Valrhona in the pantry. When I read the article “Simple Supper, Paris,...

Its pizza night on a rainy Friday Ohio evening. I love going to Dante’s Pizza in Clintonville where Eddie and I used to live in the late part of the 2000’s. It’s a family run hole in the wall with,...

Doug and I have been doing some last-minute gear shifting in advance of our trip to the Olympics in a few weeks. My goal has been to lighten up where I could. This included, at last, buying a much ...

Talking with a couple vegetarians at the office started this whole track earlier this fall. I made this dish, again with things I had on hand and very little energy to execute but enough desire to ...

Just before our Texas years Eddie & I lived in an old Columbus, Ohio suburb called Clintonville. Very college town professor style complete with a thriving Community Co-Op, which is currently e...

This is a story about a man who had not worn running shoes since he was 17… until last year after a surprise heart attack. I was the kind of man who used to identify with work so much that I’d som...

It’s an amazing feeling to cross the finish line of any race. It can sometimes be that desperate push to the end of a grueling experience or like turning the last page in a favorite book. I finish...

Some time ago I was reacquainted with the roaster chicken. Well, it was actually the January 2011 issue of Martha Stewart Living “Brilliant Basics” which expanded my chicken horizons beyond boneles...