by David Hall | May 3, 2022 | Cooking and Recipes
Lemon Scallops and Mushrooms This is another no recipe dish that I have been making for several years. It is very popular with family and friends. The key is truly fresh sea scallops. One way to check is to ask for a sample scallop at the seafood counter. It shouldn’t...
by David Hall | May 3, 2022 | Cooking and Recipes
Curried Shrimp with Pineapple I’ve been making this dish since I was in my late twenties. There never was a recipe; I just kept experimenting until it came out well. The shrimp and pineapple are often included although chicken can be substituted for the shrimp or it...
by David Hall | Apr 29, 2022 | Things We Make
Ambrosia Maple Bench In the summer of 2021 my new portable sawmill arrived. It took three of us a long nine hour day to put it together. I knew I wasn’t going to get to use it much that summer as I was engrossed in a couple of other large, time sensitive projects....
by David Hall | Apr 29, 2022 | Things We Make
A Shop Class Bench I took wood shop classes starting in junior high school back in the 1960s. I really enjoyed it; we had a wonderful shop teacher named Dana Hinckley. Mr. Hinckley had been a Maine backwoods guide for many years. I think he was in his 50s, always...
by David Hall | Apr 27, 2022 | Firewood
Harvesting Firewood We burn wood to supplement our oil heat. Our house is pretty green, and very environmentally friendly. It was built in the mid-eighties as a replica of early New England settler’s bow house. The house is a center chimney, center stair, post and...
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