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Smokey Coffee Rub

July 11, 2015 By Hop Hopkins

I’ve sampled a lot of great steaks in my life and I’d put this T-bone with Smokey Coffee Rub right up there near the top of the list! Nothing’s better than spending a Friday evening with close friends, smack dab in the middle of summer with the grill all fired up and a quart of iced tea in your hand!  You know that smell when steaks are on the grill and you can tell … [Read more...]

Watermelon Jerky

June 18, 2015 By Hop Hopkins

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Watermelon Jerky is a summertime favorite around here! Watermelon's are plentiful this time of year!  Here in the South, you will find farmers selling fresh watermelons and cantaloupes out of the back of their pickup trucks along county roads and at your local farmer's market. One of my favorite things to do is to stop off at my local farmers markets, shoot the breeze … [Read more...]

The World In Black and White

June 16, 2015 By Hop Hopkins

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Times sure were simpler back then, when the world was black and white! A few days ago my six year old son, Benjamin, asked me....."Dad, what was it like when you were a kid and everything was black and white?"  I asked him what he meant and he said..."You know, like on that show with Sheriff Andy Taylor and Barney Five......wasn't it kind of boring back then?"  I then … [Read more...]

Save The Honeybees!

June 14, 2015 By Hop Hopkins

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It’s summer, and that means more time outside, lounging in the pool, picnics, lemonade, baseball and honeybees… but wait, where are the honeybees, anyway? As winter thaws and spring arrives, we should start to see honeybees flocking to our flowerbeds and hard at work pollinating our flowers and gardens. But over the last several years, fewer and fewer honeybees survive … [Read more...]

A Maverick Kind of Love

June 13, 2015 By Hop Hopkins

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Is true love still possible? We live in a world full of people who are in love with idea of love, and are addicted to the feeling of being in love. We hope for it, search for it and practically smother it once we finally get a grip on it. If you were to head over to Pinterest and peruse the topic of ”love is”, you could spend a lot of time scrolling through the images … [Read more...]

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Hop Hopkins was born and raised in Oklahoma with a couple of stop offs along the way in West Texas and New Mexico. He grew up, the oldest of 3 children, in a middle class family.  His father, a drywall contractor by trade, taught Hop at an early age the importance of working hard, following your dreams, and … Read More...

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