The Pent-ultimate Christmas present for every Boomer boy was a Lionel train. At least it was for me. I was seven and a Lionel train was at the top of my wish list to Santa Claus. I simply had to have one, even though they were fairly pricey, and my dad earned only a modest salary as an FBI agent. By boyhood friend, Billy Richmond, got a train for Christmas the year before. Billy was a year … [Read more...]
Real Men Cooking Quiche
Several years ago, there was a book entitled, “Real men don’t eat quiche.†So being a real man, I didn’t eat it, though my wife Nancy loves quiche. However, being an amateur chef, I had to try my hand at a Quiche Lorraine and my version turned out so well that Nancy thinks it might even be better than her recipe. The word “quicheâ€, or so they believe, comes from the German … [Read more...]
Tractor Supply
We have a Tractor Supply on the other side of Charlottesville, so I don’t make regular visits. But occasionally, I pass by and stop in. It is truly an interesting store. I generally go in when I’m low on birdseed as they have a huge selection of interesting varieties, and the prices are fair. I like to offer my backyard bird friends an assortment of seeds to draw lots of different types of … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
Subway: The Best in Town
We decided to pick up a couple subs and dine in our car before last week’s Pentatonix Concert (which was sensational, by the way. They did all their great Christmas hits.) So, where to go? Who has the best subs in town? We enjoy Vocelli’s and - believe it or not – WaWa makes some great subs. But for my money, I’ll take a foot long Subway sub over all the rest. Subway – the chain … [Read more...]
My Late Afternoon Cardinal Friend
When the weather cooperates, I enjoy a late afternoon visit to our firepit to smoke a cigar, have a cocktail, and listen to soothing music on You Tube. It’s a nice way to end the day. I have a friend that often joins me. A male cardinal. Cardinals, I have found, are the last birds in my yard to call it a day. While the other birds have long gone to roost, cardinals often opt for a late-night … [Read more...]
The Buck of a Lifetime
By Molly Kirk/DWR John Bralley of Draper, Virginia, has hunted off and on his whole life, but hadn’t hunted seriously for more than 20 years until this fall a friend convinced him to go out again. “We went on a couple of hunts together and really didn’t see anything,†Bralley said. “I kind of was having my doubts about seeing anything and was getting discouraged.†The … [Read more...]
Giant Bluefins for Christmas
Giant bluefin tuna have shown up in numbers off Virginia Beach. The fish are strung out from Morehead City, NC to Maryland. Slot size fish have been caught in 50 to 60 feet of water off Smith Island, where there are a lot of Omega Menhaden boats competing for their food source. Oversized fish have been released to the south, near the Chesapeake Light tower. Catches have come from as … [Read more...]
The Reddi Whip Massacre
Coach Ryder had scheduled junior high basketball practice over the Christmas Holidays. Those who wished not to be perpetual bench warmers would be wise to attend. Thus, I begged my parents to let me stay in Lewisburg rather than attend a funeral and an extended stay in North Carolina. I asked my close buddy and fellow basketball teammate, Dave Gladwell, if his family could put me up for … [Read more...]
A Special Time of Year
By Nancy B Hello Friends! This blog has nothing to do with the lighting in our showroom but The Light of the World. I want to brag on my husband a bit. Jim Brewer has just published “While Shepherds Watchedâ€. It is a short story describing how he thought things might have been among the shepherds keeping watch in the fields outside Bethlehem on the first Christmas Eve. We have … [Read more...]
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