You can learn a lot about wildlife while sitting still and smoking a cigar in your back yard. I suppose you could learn just as much without smoking the cigar, but I need every excuse I can get to puff on a good stogie. I don’t inhale, by the way. Anyway, on one of the very few recent afternoons that it was comfortable enough to sit outside, I lit up and watched my birds as they … [Read more...]
Soil Testing Kits
Do I need lime in my little garden? Nitrogen? Phosphorous? Formaldehyde? Viagra? How would I know? I am a writer not a chemist. But… Now I will know. My sweet wife gave me a HoldAll Soil Test Kit for Christmas. It’s so simple “Even Brewer Can Use It”, they advertise. I am the HoldAll Soil Test Kit poster child. First of all, no experience is needed to use this handy kit. … [Read more...]
Super Sea Bass Action
A black sea bass is absolutely one of the best tasting fish that swims, and right now, hardy anglers venturing out in ocean waters are returning with limits. Dr. Ken Neill, III aboard the Healthy Grin filed this report: The Healthy Grin and crew did some wreck fishing February 9th. It was a beautiful calm day with an easy run in and out. We caught a 6-person limit of sea bass. … [Read more...]
The Trials of a Modern Boomer
The hardest part of the day for many Boomers is finding their car in the parking lot. It’s not like the old days where you simply parallel parked in front of the store you were shopping and then went inside. When you finished, you knew exactly where your car would be. Life today is full of mega-parking lots and shopping centers on multiple levels, and every car in the lot is grey. If … [Read more...]
A Huge Success At Dallas Market
By Nancy B The LightOvation Dallas Market was so inspiring, interesting, above normal, exciting, current and most worthy of the trip. Several years ago at LightOvation the finish black was introduced and while all of us were ready for a new finish, black was a finish we were unsure of. I think I lacked imagination, trust in the industry and it presented a challenge for me. I’ve been wrong … [Read more...]
Robins Galore
All the robins in North American were in my yard this week. Maybe not all of them, but a bunch. Yet, the week before there were none. What’s the deal? The bird folks say that the American Robin’s spring migration generally follows a line formed by 36-degree average temperatures, and that makes sense because in winter robins need to either eat fruit or to have soft dirt and wet … [Read more...]
Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Most of my cooking involves simple, easy recipes. If it’s difficult, I let somebody else do it. For example, I make a lot of brownies, but just plain ol’ brownies. But they’re good. I saw a Betty Crocker recipe recently that inspired me to up my game a little so I decided to try a batch of Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies. They looked great, they tasted great and. … they were easy. Here’s … [Read more...]
Texas Roadhouse Catfish
A busy afternoon schedule sent Nancy and me out to eat on Monday evening. She suggested “The Loud Place” (Texas Roadhouse) and I agreed. I was thinking about one of their burgers. I had one on my first visit there and it was very good. But when I scanned the menu, I saw Fried Catfish. Somehow that sounded right, so I ordered it. Fried Catfish is either really good or really bad. It … [Read more...]
Lenten Rose in Full Bloom
On Feb. 1 our Lenten Rose was in full bloom. What a beautiful, wonderful plant. Several years ago, Nancy was trying to figure out what to do with the root-studded and mostly-shady space beneath our old maple tree in the back yard. She planted a few hostas and they did well, but she wanted some color and could find few colorful plants that could bloom without a lot of sun. My son, Jimmie, who … [Read more...]
Air Fryers: Do They Work?
Emeril Lagasse was on TV on Super Bowl afternoon hawking his new Emeril Lagasse Power AirFryer. He cooked up a bunch of dishes that looked amazing. I have been interested in buying an air fryer. Sam’s Club and others have a number of them for sale. The thought of being able to fry foods (which I love) without all the grease and oil is most appealing. But do they really … [Read more...]
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