When is the last time you saw a meadow? Not a field of fescue, but a meadow with wild flowers and natural, warm season grasses? The kind of place that a butterfly would call home? There aren’t many around, you know, so my wife Nancy and I decided to make a meadow in our own back yard. It’s a mini meadow, really. Not very big, but it is a meadow of sorts with wild flowers of several varieties. The … [Read more...]
A Trip to The Royal Virginian
When you’re too poor or too cheap to belong to a country club or to have an annual membership to a golf course, you play around a lot. Such is the case with my regular golf amigos. We play around and have lots of great choices in central Virginia. Last week, we added another venue to our tour – the Royal Virginian at Hadensville in Louisa County. It’s about 35 miles from Charlottesville as the … [Read more...]
Hatteras Wahoo
Hatteras Offshore Capt. Dave Wilson on Godspeed Charters had this report: On July 8, we didn't have a ton of bites but they were all quality! I wound up fishing south of the fleet and around some beautiful conditions, just not a lot of action. Still everybody on the boat caught a quality fish including three gaffer dolphin, two wahoos and a sailfish. July 7 was another beautiful day … [Read more...]
The Catfish connection
Freshwater fishing is up and down throughout Virginia with one exception – catfish. The whiskered bottom feeders are hitting cut bait, chicken livers and home concoctions across the sate. One hotspot has been, and continues to be, Lake Orange, Darryl Kennedy at Angler’s Landing Marina at Lake Orange reports that the catfish action has been excellent all week following the Fourth of July. … [Read more...]
In The Music Business With Jimmy O
We first met Jimmy O in 1983. He was playing at Millers in downtown Charlottesville. This was before it was a downtown mall. It was just a bunch of streets and a downtown. My wife Nancy and I along another couple were enjoying the food and ambience at Millers while watching N.C. State play Hakeem Olajuwon and the highly touted Houston Cougars in the NCAA basketball championship game. As much as we … [Read more...]
Growing Happy Cukes
I grew cucumbers last year in my small vegetable garden. They did okay, we had enough to can, but my cukes weren’t happy cukes. That’s because I forced the little fellows up on trellises and lattice work. I thought they’d be happier if they climbed and went up. Turns out, my cukes don’t like to climb. They like to spread. This summer I have a special cucumber patch and the vines are doing … [Read more...]
Retreat To Rose River Farms
Sometimes it’s nice just to get away. No cell phones, no office calls, no household chores – just get away. It’s even better if your get-away spot is not too far. That makes travel to and from a snap, with no long distance driving. And I suppose the ideal get-away place would have some decent fishing as well. If all this sounds good, boy do I have a place for you. It’s Rose River Farm on the … [Read more...]
Tanyard Country Club
Summer has arrived, the birds are nesting and the splendor of Central Virginia is on full display. That means it’s Tanyard time. It’s time to tee it up at the lovely and affordable golf course at Tanyard Country Club in Louisa. For this golfer, Tanyard is a favored destination. Though thirty miles is not much in the way of a destination, Tanyard is worth every mile of the short drive from … [Read more...]
Kale Parmesan
Kale has attained the status of a super vegetable in recent months. According to renowned dieticians, a couple servings a week can cure male patterned baldness, restore receding gum lines, prevent crow’s feet on middle-aged women, eradicate toenail fungus and make teenagers obey their parents. Well, maybe I exaggerate, I do that often, but it is true that kale has been elevated to a super healthy … [Read more...]
The Perils of First Grade
Digging deeply into the memories of childhood, this Boomer shudders at the thought of the early years of school, namely kindergarten and first grade. How I survived remains a mystery. In the 1950’s, there was no pre-kindergarten, in fact, kindergarten was optional. I remember it as a waste of about 5 hours a day. The teacher read silly stories and we spent much of our waking hours (yes, there … [Read more...]
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