Lemon Scallops and Mushrooms

Lemon Scallops and Mushrooms

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...
Curried Shrimp with Pineapple

Curried Shrimp with Pineapple

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...
Ambrosia Maple Bench

Ambrosia Maple Bench

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....
A Shop Class Bench

A Shop Class Bench

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...
Harvesting Firewood

Harvesting 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...