During last week’s storm, we three Smiths decided it was time for some Big Time Comfort Food.  One of the most comforting foods that I know of is Chicken and Dumplings and I especially love this recipe because it’s simple and uses Bisquick for the dumplings.  That means that if you’re looking for a complicated gourmet recipe that a French chef might spend days and…

Storm Update:  Today we have blue skies and the sun is shining. What a glorious sight! The flooding overnight on Roanoke Island was not quite as bad as expected but we still have many hundreds of people in our community who will be recovering for a long time. Continuing to pray for those who are still in the midst of the storm.   Last Friday,…

Looks like I spoke a little too soon when I said the worst of the storm was behind us.  From what I’m hearing now, we are expecting a storm surge at about 8 pm tonight that will turn a lot of sodden, half flooded areas into real floods. Here is what downtown Manteo looked like this afternoon; a storm surge from the nearby sound is…

The Girdle. Since Summer is a lady dog (unlike her predecessor who was All Boy), she has now added to her list of life experiences the joy of wearing a girdle-like garment: the Thundershirt.  (By the way, the Thundershrt did an amazing job of keeping her calm during the storm.)…