by Neal Dionne | May 11, 2018 | Story
22 months of washing dishes is enough. I’ll still be cooking, but not between 10:00am and 2:00pm. Here is the press release that M106.3 WGLM put out. I love ya! Neal “M-106-3 WGLM Is exactly what made me fall in love with local radio in the first...
by Neal Dionne | Dec 13, 2017 | Story
This is a lesson I learned the hard way. Twice! (I’ll explain at the bottom) We are just now experiencing our “First Big Snow” here in Michigan. I like to be prepared because in years past I was woefully unprepared and I will never let that happen again. As soon as...
by Neal Dionne | Dec 13, 2017 | Story
I mentioned in a previous post that it was somewhat heartbreaking to say goodbye to summer. The reason for that was, I had nothing look forward to. My sons and I would always head North to “The Tar-Paper Shack” in summer to begin preparations for the upcoming...
by Neal Dionne | Nov 30, 2017 | Story
It seems so strange to look out the window and see nothing tied to the dock. It is always a melancholy day when the guys from Nelson’s Speed Shop come to load up our boat for winter storage. They will haul it, shrink wrap it and store it until spring. So much of the...
by Neal Dionne | Sep 25, 2017 | Fall / Winter, Food & Recipes, Summer
This dish is so simple, healthy & delicious. When someone is celebrating a Birthday in our family, I often let them choose the menu. This is one of my wife’s favorites and a guaranteed birthday dinner winner! I have also served this with Roasted chicken mixed in....
by Neal Dionne | Sep 9, 2017 | Fall / Winter, Food & Recipes, Summer
I have been very fortunate throughout my career to have been able to do what many would consider BIG things. I’ve had the privilege to work at some of the country’s most iconic radio stations, travel, and hang with and befriend superstars. Now that I have retired, I...
by Neal Dionne | Sep 9, 2017 | Story
Is it just me or was this the fastest summer ever? It seems like yesterday when I took the snow brush out of my truck and packed away the winter coats. Now, I’m beginning to see color that isn’t green. When I was a kid, it seemed like an eternity from one year to the...
by Neal Dionne | Aug 4, 2017 | Fall / Winter, Food & Recipes, Summer
The greatest joy in my life is family. I am so proud of them all. They are all unique, interesting and talented in their way. My son Christopher, for example, can build absolutely anything. He didn’t get that from me. The one thing he can’t make is a plate of food. He...
by Neal Dionne | Jul 9, 2017 | Story
This was an almost surreal Father’s Day for my family. For years, we have been working at the Birthday Bash. This year was different. I had retired. It seemed strange to be home. To not have to be anywhere. No obligations. I must admit, however, that I enjoyed it...
by Neal Dionne | Jun 29, 2017 | Food & Recipes, Story
I remember falling in love with Ratatouille. No, not the 2007 film starring a rat as a chef, but as a vegetable side dish. In the mid-1980’s, I had the good fortune to have been hired by one of radio’s great programmers to do mornings at KSD-FM in St. Louis. Bill...
