Nancy and I had a wonderful time during our short stay in Jamaica – despite our hotel, the Royalton White Sands. It was post-card beautiful but lacking in integrity and quality. The hotel advertises ocean front rooms and that was critical for us. We specifically stated that we wanted a room with a view of the Caribbean. We didn’t get what we asked for. There were perhaps only 3 or 4 rooms out … [Read more...]
Pyromania Rules
I come from a long line of pyromaniacs. One of my earliest ancestors, Grog Brewer, was a Southern Neanderthal. It is written on some cave walls that he discovered grits and flint stones with which to start fires. After Grog had invented grits by grinding corn, he needed a way to cook them so they wouldn’t get stuck into what few teeth he had. That’s when he found a sharp flint stone and tried to … [Read more...]
Strawberry Fields Forever
We had a vacant lot across from our house on Jennings Street in Beckley, WV. It had a fairly steep incline, and it became our sledding course. We set up ramps and jumps and spent hours and hours of winter fun. In spring, there were a few apple trees which we visited each fall but in spring, there were tons of strawberries, just growing wild. We rifled through the high grass and picked hundreds … [Read more...]
More Bluebirds: Coming Soon
We have had 4 bluebirds hanging around our house and mooching sunflower hearts since last fall. I think it’s the mom, dad and 2 young’uns from last year, but I’m not sure. Soon, though, the two little guys will be gone. Whereas all 4 birds fed in turn at my feeders, the dominant male now shoos the others away. Daddy Bluebird wants no competition for the hand of his betrothed. He has already begun … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
Thanks To Inflation, More American Families Surviving Solely On Costco Samples … [Read more...]
Magic Cookie Bars
I have a bad habit of going to the grocery store, finding what I want, but then picking up an entirely different product sitting right beside it. I do this more often than I’d care to admit. About a week ago, I needed some evaporated milk for a pumpkin pie. It was on the shelves right above the pumpkin and pie fillings and I put what I though was evaporated milk in my cart, but it turned … [Read more...]
Good Job: Grout & Carpet Wizards
Maybe twenty years ago, we laid ceramic tiles on our kitchen and bathroom floors, and foolishly put them on our counters. Foolishly because ceramic isn’t like granite. It is porous and stuff gets inside. Our floors and counters looked awful. It was impossible to clean them, and the grout was dirty as well. I called Grout & Carpet Wizards. I had done a business article on them years … [Read more...]
Targeting Winter Saugeyes
By Alex McCrickard/DWR My swimbait landed a couple inches off the rocky bank. A few fast cranks on the reel brought my presentation away from the danger zone of a snag and into the desirable deeper, swifter water. I stopped retrieving to let my 1/8-ounce jig head settle into the deeper drop-off. Moments later, I gave two twitches with the rod tip, and I slowly came tight. It wasn’t … [Read more...]
Super Duper Sea Bass
The early winter sea bass season has been nothing less than sensational. When weather allows, boats are returning with limits on each trip – and nice bass at that. Tautog are plentiful on nearshore ocean wrecks and reefs. Their feeding activity is based on water temperature. When the water is above 44 degrees, they should be available. Now that Bay water has hit 50 degrees look for the bite to … [Read more...]
George Washington’s Real Birthday
George Washington was born on February 22, not the entire fourth week of February. His birthday was also not clustered among the birthdays of other presidents. His birthday was unique and once a special event. I moved to Charlottesville on Feb. 1, 1967. I had accepted a position as Men’s Buyer at Leggett Barracks Road. The new store was trying to get a foothold in selling better … [Read more...]
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