(Modern Mom) Hi, Honey. What were you kids doing out in the yard? (Modern Kid) Oh, we were playing Mumblety Peg. (Modern Mom) That sounds like fun. How do you play it?(Modern Kid) You get a pocketknife and balance it on the tip on your finger, then let it flip down so in one turn it sticks in the ground next to the other kid’s foot. The closest wins. (Modern Mom) You are grounded until … [Read more...]
Take Me out to the Ballgame
I have been a sports fanatic all my life. Every morning since I was 10-years old, I have devoured the sports section each day to see who won, who lost and how my favorite players performed. But in the past few years, my interest in sports has declined. The NBA is boring – huge guys running up and down a seemingly small court – grabbing, tugging, pushing and pulling all the way before a violent … [Read more...]
Ribeye Pork Chops
Aldi’s is my grocery store of choice when I want to save money. It’s hands-down the least expensive, but when I want a little variety, I like to stop by Food Lion. Their meat department is especially diverse. Last week, I poked around in their meat case and saw a package of boneless rib-eye pork chops, and they had been marked down. That was an easy choice. I fried the tender chops and they … [Read more...]
Brewer vs Squirrels: Chapter 16
If my war on squirrels were a book, it might surpass War and Peace in pages. It is the saga of the eternal battle between Man and Rodents and I’m not sure the humans will win this one. I have tried multiple gizmos to keep the squirrels out of my expensive sunflower hearts and most efforts end in squirrel victories. I have applied baffles to the feeder poles, yet there is one squirrel who can … [Read more...]
A Warm Blanket of Snow
Just before the recent cinder-block ice storm set in, I spread a bag of Bio-Tone Starter Plus on my little vegetable garden and now it sits under a blanket of snow, gradually leaking its blend of natural and organic ingredients into the ground. I had one of the best gardens of my career in agriculture last year, primarily because of a favorable amount of rainfall, but also due to the Bio-Tone … [Read more...]
Sports Show Coming Up
Mark your calendars. The 38th Annual Western Virginia Sport Show is coming to the Augusta Expo in Fishersville on February 20, 21, and 22. Hours will be 11 to 8 on Friday, 10 to 8 on Saturday and noon to 5:30 on Sunday. There will be free seminars throughout the day and plenty of food and drink. Destination Guides and Outfitters will be available to book hunting and fishing trips with lots of … [Read more...]
Winter Fishing Options
Now that a good bit of the snow/ice has melted and temperatures have returned to moderate readings, there are a few, good winter fishing options – mostly freshwater. Not much is happening in the ocean and bay unless you want to go offshore and try for bluefin tuna or sea bass on the wrecks. The bay is dead for the most part and surf fishermen will find only skates and dogfish – and who wants … [Read more...]
Encyclopedias: You Can Look It Up
“Hey mom, what’s an arachnid?” “I’m busy icing this cake. Get an encyclopedia and look it up.” And we did. Boomers, that is. Those of us fortunate to have a set of encyclopedias in our homes looked it up. If not, we went to the school library the next day. Printed encyclopedias have largely gone the way of passenger pigeons. Old sets now languish on E-bay. Good Will stores refuse them. After … [Read more...]
Hard to Swallow
(Our smallmouth had a 9-inch trout in its stomach) If you live long enough, you’ll see some strange things. One of the strangest things I’ve seen in the outdoors happened about 25 years ago on the Jackson River in the upper Hidden Valley area. I had been invited on a shocking expedition with the Game Department. For several years, I had urged the state to make the … [Read more...]
Fabulous Lighting Accessories
By Nancy B This is a cartoon I’ve had on my desk since 2010, and it always makes me laugh. I have referred to lighting as the jewelry of the home so when I saw this cartoon, I had to clip it. At Nancy B’s we do offer “fabulous accessories” such as lamps and mirrors, and some are included in our end-of-year sale. We have some displays which have been reduced at least 60%. You can just … [Read more...]
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