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By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 200 Reads
On Wed, 08/12/2020 - 02:19 PM

Birdwatching seems like a strange hobby to me, but I have friends who do it, and they are fine people. The appeal of knitting, origami, and crocheting are foreign to me, but they certainly require a certain level of dexterity that I likely don’t possess.

Farewell. Thank you. Onward.

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 283 Reads
On Wed, 08/05/2020 - 02:28 PM

Last week was one of the most surreal, yet rewarding, weeks I have spent in my 38-year restaurant career.

A heartfelt farewell to an old friend

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 1,619 Reads
On Wed, 07/29/2020 - 04:37 PM

Today I am grateful.
Some would think that closing a restaurant one has owned and operated for over 32 years would be grounds for despair and depression. Not so. Not even close. Today I am thankful for all of the people I have worked with over the past three decades, and all of the people who – side-by-side together – we have served.

The TASTE of SUMMER

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 653 Reads
On Wed, 06/17/2020 - 04:22 PM

Sour Apple Jolly Ranchers taste like my youth. It's true. When I was 10-years old my weekly allowance was $5.00. In those days I would ride my bike to the Pik-A-Pak convenience store where I could purchase a whole display box of Sour Apple Jolly Ranchers for, you guessed it, $5.00.

SQUASH and DASH

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 637 Reads
On Wed, 06/10/2020 - 04:30 PM

The CFO of our company has a garden. She lives just outside the city limits on a small piece of land. They also have chickens and have raised hogs. Many mornings, when I arrive at the office, there are fresh eggs on my desk. Last week there was a sack of freshly picked squash sitting in my chair.

Special Delivery

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 474 Reads
On Wed, 06/03/2020 - 10:47 PM

If I never have to endure another shelter-in-place order, I will die happy. I just wasn’t wired for such activities. I am not a homebody. Never have been, never will be. I like to stay in constant motion. It’s always been that way.

MarchinG to the Beat of a Different Drummer

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 638 Reads
On Thu, 05/28/2020 - 02:07 AM

Many businesses have been severely affected during the COVID-19 crisis.
Restaurants and live-music venues may have been hit the hardest. On the other hand, grocery stores and liquor stores have seen phenomenal sales increases.
Reports indicate that liquor stores are up anywhere from 27 to 40%.

When it rains, it pours (literally)

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 871 Reads
On Wed, 04/22/2020 - 07:58 PM

A couple of decades ago, an editor at one of my newspapers called and said, “Robert, we need to work on your opening sentences and your opening paragraphs.”

I think what he was really wanting to say was, “Robert, we need to work on all of your writing from the opening sentence to the closing paragraph.”

Staying home is good excuse to return to the grill

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 1,319 Reads
On Wed, 04/15/2020 - 10:20 PM

If there is one thing that defines my family’s current situation in the middle of this global pandemic, it’s togetherness. My wife, 22-year old daughter, and 18-year old son have spent more quality time together than we have since 2011, when the four of us crammed into a Volvo in Sweden and spent the next six months travelling to 72 cites in 17

Here’s to freezer sandwiches and the return of football, too

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 827 Reads
On Wed, 04/01/2020 - 08:08 PM

This weekend a friend asked me, “How’s it going?” I said, “I’m walking around Home Depot with gloves on. That’s how it’s going.”

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