How about this January weather we’ve been having? One day you see snow, the next day it’s gone. One day it’s wind chill of negative 5 degrees, the next day it’s 50 degrees. At least our days are getting longer.

I love custard pie. I think it’s my favorite dessert. At least today.

I’ve always loved plain old custard, too. Baked in little glass custard cups with a healthy dose of nutmeg sprinkled over the top, it’s a simple, somewhat decadent dessert.

As I sit here in my office on this cloudy Monday morning, I can hear snow plows clunking by, snow blowers running, and a tractor up the road doing some snow removal.

Animal therapy — bringing people together with animals — has many positive effects on people, including placing a person in the moment.

There are only two things that aren’t good about a hot biscuit with butter melting upon it.

“Good boy, Toby. Good boy.”

I have found myself saying that many times over the past two years.

I wrote about torture pie a while ago, but most of you have probably forgotten – or never read it in the first place.

Folks, this week I want to tell you about my friend Charlie. In last week’s scribblin’s, I had wished him well, as sickness had taken him down. Well, my friend Charlie Herrick passed on Thursday of last week. After the battle he waged against his illness, I feel relief that at least he is not in pain anymore, but sadness too, as he will be missed by many.