Don't misunderstand - I enjoy sitting around with some old cronies, especially if I haven,t seen them for a while, and play the game of "remember when..." But one of hazards of aging (and all you 50 and 60 somethings had better learn this now) is that we seem to lose our spirit of adventure. It is so tempting, especially if you are newly retired, to just chill out and think about spending the next ten years lying in the sun under a palm tree or chasing a golf ball for an afternoon.
It starts to pall.
Stay connected. Adventure. Try things. Travel. Learn to play the ukelele.

HOBBIES If you are one of those hard-working types, by the time you finish a day's work you have nothing left in the tank. Pour yourself a drink. Turn on the TV. Or - DO something!

I have always cooked. I even cooked on TV when I was co-host of Juliette and Friends.
My wife and I throw dinNer parties usually for anything from eight to twelve people. The truth is, we have dinner parties, not just because I like people, but because I'll take any excuse to cook.

The family, my daughter, her husband and three teenage boys were up from Texas for my birthday. Before I knew it I had assembled 24 people for a buffet dinner. You know - "if you're inviting this one you can't not invite that one. So it grows.

Summoning all my culinary skills I prepared a menu: appetizers -pate (really Jewish deli style chopped liver) and shrimp.
Salad: old-fashioned Caesar. Mains: barbecue ribs, chicken wings, beef bourguignon, mac and cheese, roast brisket,
Veg: succotash, and cold pea salad. Dessert - I forget.

I cooked everything from scratch - not the shrimp or the dessert.

We had a feast. My back was sore. I probably drank too much. We now have a freezer full of leftovers.

IF YOU WANT ANY OF MY RECIPES OR WANT TO EXCHANGE YOUR OWN - PLEASE DO.
MAYBE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU COOK FOR DINNER PARTIES.


ODDS AND ENDS.
Is anyone on my friends list more than a little irritated about what the CBC has done to Radio 2?
I am convinced that the brass (and I worked with them enough to know) will not care much because they are sure they have a handle on "what people want."


The site will improve if I can bring my uncertain hands to grasp how to create a proper website.

I'll be back. Keep in touch.

Larry