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...]
Deltaville Tap & Raw Bar
For the last several years when Nancy and I feel the need to get out of town for a few days, we’ve headed to the Deltaville area. We enjoy it because, first, it’s close. We can be in a waterfront cottage within 2 ½ hours of Charlottesville – door to door. There is also good fishing from our own dock and we especially like going out to eat for fresh seafood. There are several really good … [Read more...]
The Art of Nest Building
While we were at Deltaville, I was enjoying a good cigar on the back deck when I saw a mockingbird fly into a small bush about 20 feet away. He hopped from limb to limb, pecking at things. At first, I thought he was finding a berry or two from last summer, but after a minute or so, the mockingbird reached into the bush and snapped off a two-inch twig, secured it in his mouth and flew off. The … [Read more...]
The Nose Knows
We often take the sense of smell for granted – until it’s gone. During the COVID era, many reported the loss of smell as the virus damaged sensitive cells withing the nose. Generally, the ability to smell returned, though sometimes it took years to recover. As humans, we have a pretty good sense of smell, but nothing like that of a dog. For years, I had bird dogs, mostly English Setters. My … [Read more...]
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