Breathes there a Boomer who doesn’t remember the terror of rounding Marvin Gardens and Pacific Avenue, only having to face two hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place. At $2,000 for rent, Boardwalk put many a young boomer in Chapter 11. After all, we played lots of board games in those days. Youngsters in the 50s and 60s didn’t have access to video games, and that was a good thing. We used our minds … [Read more...]
Eating Sardines
One thing I so much enjoyed when growing up and hunting quail with Daddy was lunchtime. After walking who knows how many miles across the hills of West Virginia that morning, we always took a break at lunchtime, found an old country store and loaded up on almost everything that was bad for you. Like Vienna Sausages. Each hunter would open a tin, manage to squeeze that first one out and then … [Read more...]
Old Easter Traditions
I doubt many children will wake up this Easter morning and find dyed baby ducks or chickens in their Easter Baskets, but we did when we were kids. They sold them at dime stores, brightly colored baby ducks and chickens. I remember getting some baby chicks when we lived on Granville Avenue in Beckley. I was about 5 or 6 when I found 3 baby chicks in my basket along with chocolate bunnies and other … [Read more...]
Perfectly Roasted Chicken
One of the easiest and best received entrees of all is a whole, roasted chicken. When you serve one, it’s like a Mini-Thanksgiving dinner. Increasingly, people just pick up a whole rotisserie bird from Sam’s or Costco and hope they haven’t been languishing under the heat lamps too long. I like to do my own birds. Cooking a whole chicken is not rocket science. Just make sure the chicken is done … [Read more...]
A Redbud Festival
Instead of the Dogwood Festival, Charlottesville should have a Redbud Festival. The lovely tree/bushes are certainly outdoing themselves this spring. Redbuds are not exactly trees. They are deciduous shrubs, but they look like trees and we call them trees. So, trees they are, and they are everywhere in central Virginia. Many people buy redbuds and plant them, but far more just come up on their … [Read more...]
Fan-Tastic Sale Going on Right Now
By Nancy B Enjoy 20% off any of our fans from Fanamation, Monte Carlo, Minka Aire, Hinkley. Quorum, Craftmade, and Progress. Our sale ends May 15 so hurry in. Unfortunately, we cannot discount your fans if the order is placed on our website’s online store. Living in Virginia we enjoy four gorgeous seasons but temperatures in the Spring can make it hard to know what to wear. One day the … [Read more...]
On Their Way
Striped bass are now making their spawning move up into the Chesapeake Bay. Some will head up the tidal rivers, like the James, while others push up into Mayland waters. Some catch and release action can be found in shallow waters, but the bite is inconsistent as the stripers have other things on their minds. It’s still cold in the bay. 60 degrees is when it usually happens and we are just … [Read more...]
House Calls
I know this is hard to believe, but once upon a time, doctors made house calls. Really! They would pick up their black leather bags, get in their cars and come see you if you were sick. Today, it’s hard to get an appointment at a doctor’s office, even months in a advance, but they used to come see us. Growing up, I was lucky. When I was about 5, Dr. Fred Richmond lived right across the … [Read more...]
Split Chicken Breast Salad
I have written about my love for split chicken breasts in the past. They are far and away the best buy of any white meat chicken. Boneless, skinless loins can be tough, dry and tasteless – plus they are expensive. You pay several dollars extra a pound to have the butcher peel off the skin and remove the small bone. With skin-on, bone-in split chicken breasts you can remove skin and bones after … [Read more...]
Is There Life “After Delivery”?
From Your Sacred Self, by Dr. Wayne Dyer Two babies were living in their mothers’ womb. Baby A and Baby B were arguing whether there is life after delivery. Baby A considered the notion nonsense. How would they walk? How would they eat? What kind of life could such a life possibly be? Baby B insisted that maybe they’ll walk and eat and live in ways they simply can’t imagine right now that … [Read more...]
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