To say it has been a strange year is an understatement. Like many people, we often focus on what is wrong in our little world rather than what is good. Even with social distancing, masks, politics and the whole lot, we still have a lot to be thankful for.
We here at Raised on Hoecakes hope that you, your families and friends pause for a few moments today to consider and be thankful for all the blessings in your lives. We want to thank all the people who make this little corner of the blog-o-sphere happen as well as those who stop by and read the posts.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Proclamation New York, 3 October 1789
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. (more…)
Oct 14, 2020
Posted by AAfterwit on Oct 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Open Fire Shrimp With Black Pepper Butter Sauce – 1600’s Recipe.
EDITOR’S NOTE: We have some things that we need to attend to, so we are not writing much today. We apologize for that, but will leave you with this tasty recipe from the era of George and Martha Washington.
We’d like a little shrimp with our butter, please.
We don’t know why this looks so tasty to us, but it does.
Every night I would get an alert from my driveway security camera, and at first I was a bit annoyed, but then I found myself looking forward to the evening alert. And then inspiration struck, in the form of my wife giving me this great idea. What transpired has turned into the best part of an otherwise dreary pandemic summer.
This video almost brought tears to our eyes.
In the age of “Karens,” and “Darrens,” and division amongst everyone it seems, this guy and his wife went a different route. (more…)
Aug 18, 2020
Posted by AAfterwit on Aug 18, 2020 | Comments Off on Looking Back At A United Country.
Devonte Cafferkey, 13, Sammy Farah, 14, and Shawn Young, 12
Remember way back when in July of 2017 when five Cocoa teens stood by and watched a disabled man drown in a pond? The incident raised lots of eyebrows as the teens mocked the man before he slipped under the water to never surface again. No charges were ever filed and although some people wanted new laws to be made that would force people to help others, that didn’t happen either. (Frankly, it shouldn’t.)
In 2018 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire which is near London, England three teens came upon a situation where instead of laughing and mocking, they took action.
It’s Sunday, so take a day off from politics, pandemics, and storms and figure out the puzzles in this Rube-Goldberg-eqsque challenge of “Which Door Will the Ball Hit?”
Jul 12, 2020
Posted by AAfterwit on Jul 12, 2020 | Comments Off on I Wanna Be Rich.
Now I was born with the nature of a driven man
If I could dream it I could reach it, gotta thank my Dad
And when the odds are against, step up and knock it to the fence
Push away all the doubt that is coming at ya
Who could blame me
For trying to reach your stars
And who could blame me
For trying to top those charts
I’ve always heard dead presidents can’t buy love
And all the riches of the world ain’t ever gonna be enough (more…)
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.
