There weren’t many ways to earn money as a Boomer teenager. Allowances were meager, maybe 50c a week. This was before child labor laws, where kids were required to do things like mow the lawn, load dishwashers, tend to younger brothers and sisters and help weed the garden for a lousy 50 cents a week. Summer offered some respite with a few lawn-mowing gigs, but there was often intense competition … [Read more...]
Saturday Night Live: When It Was Funny
Saturday Night Live made its debut in 50 years ago in 1975, and it was funny. Even though it didn’t start until 11:30 on a Saturday night, we stayed up to watch it. Often, we would get together with our close friends and neighbors, Donald and Janice Ramirez, settle in with popcorn and snacks and roar at the hilarious skits served up by the likes of Chevy Chase, Jane Curtain, Gilda Radner, John … [Read more...]
All Aboard!
For a Valentine’s celebration this year, Nancy bought us two tickets to the Virginia Scenic Railway in Staunton. It was a delightful experience We made the 45-minute drive to Downtown Staunton and huddled in the small station room beside the tracks, making friends with the 24 or so other people who would travel with us on our three-hour tour. At exactly 10:30 AM, the Virginia Scenic Railway … [Read more...]
My Pet Rabbit
We have rabbits in our yard from time to time. We mostly see them in the spring and summer. They were once frequent visitors to my garden, but a tight mesh fence now keeps them at bay. However, in the last few weeks I have seen one rabbit almost daily, munching along where I have scattered seeds for the birds. I have recently been tossing out scoopfuls of No Waste bird seed which includes … [Read more...]
Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch
I have always liked Evan Williams Bourbon. I think it is among the best of the bottom shelf bourbons. A couple months back, I was trying to decide whether to pick up one of the lower priced bourbons that I enjoy (Ancient Age, Virginia Gentleman, Evan Williams, etc.) or splurge and go for Makers Mark, Bulleit, Woodford or maybe Buffalo Trace. I saw that Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch was on … [Read more...]
Turkey Meatloaf for Skeptics
My son Jimmie sent me this recipe – he said it was now one of his family’s favorites and I had to try it. I did and it was good. It’s Turkey Meatloaf for Skeptics. It is packed full of flavor, quite healthy and worthy of a trial. I mostly followed the recipe with a few changes for the better (in my opinion). Okay skeptics, here’s how. Begin the process by sautéing 1 medium onion (roughly … [Read more...]
Saltwater Report
The recent drop in water temperatures, now low 40s, has created tough conditions for speckled trout and puppy drum, which typically winter in local waters. Anglers are still catching a few puppy drum inside Rudee and Lynnhaven Inlets. But currently, one of the few areas where these fish can be caught consistently is near the hot ditch, in the Elizabeth River. The hot ditch is … [Read more...]
Top Spots for Citation Bass
By Alex McCrickard/DWR The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is tasked with managing freshwater fisheries across the state of Virginia using best available science. DWR biologists utilize a variety of fisheries Of particular interest to Virginia anglers are the numbers of citation largemouth bass that are caught annually from public waterbodies throughout the … [Read more...]
Mother Hearing
“Did you hear that?” Nancy asks. First, how could I possibly know what she is hearing at the time. It could be a cat two streets over, or an airplane approaching the Lynchburg Airport. And second, even if I knew what it was that she was hearing, I probably couldn’t have heard it in the first place. Women have especially intense hearing. It gets more sensitive after marriage and after … [Read more...]
Bonanza – In Living Color!
Bonanza was in color, but most families didn’t have color sets when it first aired on September 12, 1959. We watched Ben Cartright and his sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe in black and white and could only imagine how they would look in red, white, purple, yellow and maybe a little blue. In the fall of 1960, the family of my friend, Dave Gladwell, bought a color console TV and Dave invited all his … [Read more...]
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