Dear Customers, The saying that “one should not shoot (or kill) the messenger” while attributed to Sophocles more than 400 years before the birth of Christ, was first penned by William Shakespeare in his famous play, Henry IV.  In Part 2, Cleopatra threatens the messenger’s eyes when he reveals that her great love, Marc Antony,…

Dear Customers, THANKSGIVING!  After the last 20 months, you may be thinking, “what do I have to be thankful about?”  This pandemic has affected the entire world with sickness, death, shortages, and disruptions beyond anything we’ve ever experienced in our lifetimes.  I imagine it is similar to what the Pilgrims experienced in 1621 after their…

Dear Customers, I was watching a news program (against my will because I momentarily misplaced the remote) a couple of weeks ago where the news crew were visiting one of the nation’s largest shipping ports.  The mammoth shipping tankers were literally lined up in the harbor waiting to unload.  Some of them had been waiting…

Dear Customers, With just a little more than two weeks till Thanksgiving, we’re all probably (at least in our heads) planning for the big meal.  Thanks to our friendly pandemic, however, there are bound to be shortages among the items we’re used to buying year in and year out.  I would advise buying early whenever…

Dear Customers, As the calendar flips to November, I get excited for the holiday season that is in the offing for the next two months.  True, the woods are gray, leafless and stark while the sun drops behind the hills earlier and earlier but there’s something about a warm kitchen that chases the gloom and…