I don’t remember when it was that I decided to become a Cleveland Browns fan. I think it was when Otto Graham passed for three TDs and ran for three more in the 56-10 win over the Detroit Lions in the 1954 NFL championship game that I became an official Browns fanatic. I lived or died with the Browns, and then something special happened. Jim Brown, All-American fullback out of Syracuse, was … [Read more...]
Turtle Time
They are out and about, turtles that is, and all they ask is a little privacy and maybe a lift across a busy road or highway. Below are some of the ways the DWR suggests helping conserve and protect our turtles. Don’t take them home. Leave wild turtles in the wild. Don’t relocate turtles. If safe, move it off the road in the direction it’s moving. Discard fishing … [Read more...]
Pizza Sliders
I made a fun dish yesterday – Pizza Sliders. The kids I cook for love pizza, and they enjoy sliders. Bingo! Pizza Sliders are easy to prepare, they cook in no time, and they are fun to eat. Some make these sliders as an appetizer, but I did mine as a main course and I made plenty. Here’s how. To make a dozen sliders (I made more), start with a package of Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. Slice the … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
I Love My ECHO Lawnmower
I enjoy mowing my lawn. Well, almost. I would still rather be dunking a minnow near a brush pile and catching crappies or even whacking at little white golf balls that get in my way, but no longer is grass mowing such a chore. Last year, I bought an eFORCE 56-Volt 21-inch Cordless Battery Self-Propelled Lawn Mower by ECHO. It makes lawn mowing practically painless. I didn’t get an … [Read more...]
Cville Band Back in Action
The Charlottesville Band opens its Summer Season at Charlottesville’s outstanding historic theater on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 PM for the first of three performances at The Paramount this summer. This performance will include our principal French horn player, Becky Allen, performing a portion of Mozart’s Horn Concert #3; Albemarle High School senior Lizzie Mayhood, reprising her … [Read more...]
Brown’s Lock and Safe
We were heading out of town and were leaving our key for the house sitter. To make cwertain, Nancy stuck one of our several house keys in the front door and it stuck. We removed the knob and pulled and tugged and cussed and wiggled but – like Br’er Rabbit in the Tar Baby - it was stuck. You hate to go away with no doorknob on your front door, so we called Brown’s Lock and Safe. They said they … [Read more...]
Catchem beachbumfishing
Catchem beachbumfishing. That’s all you need to know if you want to “catch ‘em” on the Outer Banks. This is the web site for Capt. Reese Stecher who - out of Nags Head - has been putting his clients on fish for over 25 years. Last week, Capt. Stecher caught the above two huge trout within 10 minutes back in the sound. He said they were the largest he had ever caught. Reese also said the cobia … [Read more...]
You Wash, I’ll Dry
Sunday dinner was over, and Brad Stuart was outside. He had rounded up enough kids for a 4-on-a-side baseball game. But I couldn’t play. Yet. I had to do dishes. Mom had used every pot and pan in the kitchen to fry her chicken, bake her homemade yeast rolls, boil and mash potatoes, fix two bowls of vegetables and cook a chocolate cake. It was a great Sunday dinner (we called a fancy lunch … [Read more...]
The Gospel of Sunflower Hearts
Sometimes I feel like John the Baptist – a Voice Crying in the Wilderness preaching the gospel of sunflower hearts. Next thing you know, I’ll be eating locusts. In the meantime, Fellow Birders, please put some sunflower hearts in your feeders. I have been feeding my resident pair of bluebirds and their recent hatchlings meal worms, to save wear and tear on Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird and … [Read more...]
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