LARGETONY Blog

I have been doing holiday baking since Saturday night and my mind is baked. And a little bit stewed, too.
That’s because I have been making rum cakes.
For years, Granny has made rum cakes for her friends for Christmas. The last few years, I have helped her with it, but it’s gotten to be too [...]

I can’t believe it’s only ten more days before Christmas. I’m way behind on dealing with it, although it’s not like I do a whole lot in celebration, anyway. I’m pretty much a low key guy, and I like my holidays the same way. I had planned to get a tree last [...]

By now Thanksgiving is about over. For those of you who are Americans anyway.
It dawned on me today that for most of the world, this was just another Thursday. I know some other countries have their own Thanksgiving holidays, but they are at other times of the year. And I have a feeling [...]

Granny used to always say it was my “once a year day.” Yes, today is my birthday. Some of you know that already, some of you are just figuring it out, and the rest…well, now you know. It’s number 31 in fact. The Baskin Robbins birthday. Hopefully I’ll make it to the Heinz birthday. (Think [...]

Be the one to worry about me when I don’t seem right.
Be the one to back me up when I fight my way through life.
Be the one that will stay curled against me at night even though I snore.
Be the one who understands that when I’m upset I get quiet.
Be the one who understands that [...]

There’s an old tradition. I don’t know if it’s just a country tradition or what, but the way it goes is that if the first guest to enter your home on January 1st is a male then you will have good luck throughout the coming year. You will have even better luck if it is [...]

Well, it looks like to old clock on the wall is telling us we’ve come to the end of another three hundred and sixty five days. Just think, we are already on our way over the hump of the first decade of the century. Remember how just six years ago at the end of ‘99 [...]