Honey Glazed Salmon with Veggies and Oranges Serves 4 Ingredients: 4 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper 1 pound fresh medium asparagus – can substitute broccoli 8 ounces fresh green beans, trimmed 1 small orange, cut into 1/4- to 1/2-inch […]

Like the “World” of a certain movie, the holiday weekend at the domestic box office sure was “Strange.” It’s not so strange that “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” continued its dominance in first place. But it was strange the forgettable “Strange World” was able to take the second-place spot when there was clearly more interest in […]

My Combat Engineer company was poised near the border of Iraq, waiting for the attack order. Once it was given, we would cross at an unguarded location, drive north through barren country, then turn east and hit the Iraqi army on their blind side. The order was given. A mile into Iraq, we halted for […]

Like the cozy restaurant setting of “The Menu,” the theater at my screening of the film this past Friday was sparsely populated. But though the attendance was small in number, there was an unusual sense of kinship in the air. Laughs and groans could be attributed to individual audience members, as well as occasional biting […]

Imagine you live in another galaxy. Your people are technologically advanced, but have no interest in space travel. They are, however, curious about other worlds and can zoom in on distant planets and snap a single photo of people there. Your team takes a picture of a group of people on planet X4798Q (your designation […]

AFCI Maybe … maybe not? A local citizen had an appointment for cataract surgery and couldn’t drive himself to Norway. He didn’t call AFCI’s N2N program because he didn’t realize drivers could wait for a 3-hour appointment before driving him home. Don’t be afraid to call for a ride! Our capacity is always dependent on […]

In 2005, I wrote a Thanksgiving column about the time my mother was given a frozen turkey by her employer. The column described how my mother, not much of a cook, wasn’t sure what to do with the bird. On her bookshelf, I found a cookbook (not much used) that described a slow-cook method of […]

Better Sloppy Joe’s This version replaces some of the meat with beans to pump up the fiber! Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 12 ounces 90%-lean ground beef 1 cup no-salt-added black beans, rinsed 1 cup chopped onion 2 teaspoons chili powder ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon onion powder Pinch of cayenne pepper […]