Try this sometime. Climb out in a tree limb, put a seed in your mouth and open it with only your mouth and teeth, spitting out the husk eating just the seed and you can’t use your hands. That’s pretty much what many birds do every day. It almost makes hitting a 95-mile per hour baseball look easy. Almost. It’s fun to watch my backyard birds at the sunflower feeder where they munch … [Read more...]
Sakura Japanese Restaurant: Fun but Pricey
A group of us decided to bring in the New Year with a visit to Sakura Japanese Steak and Seafood house in the Hollymead Shopping Center. It was a fun experience, but pricey. Then again, almost all restaurants have achieved the “pricey†tag since Covid and Biden-omics combined to leave their mark. I have eaten at a number of Japanese steak houses, and they are pretty much all alike … [Read more...]
The Transfer Portal
The transfer portal. I wish I had never heard those words – likely to be the demise of college athletics as we once knew and loved. The transfer portal means an athlete has no allegiance to the college that accepted him and gave him a four-year scholarship, plus a stipend to play there. Now, if a wide receiver at State University doesn’t think the quarterback threw his way often enough, he … [Read more...]
My Space.com
“And do you, Jim, promise to have and hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, and do you promise to give up all your personal space for so long as you both shall live?†“I do.†And did I ever. While you gain a wonderful, lifetime partner in a marriage, you lose space. Your house or apartment is taken over completely. Walls where you would normally hang a mounted … [Read more...]
Our Busy Virginia Division DWR
A Big Rockfish Invasion
The 2023 fishing season certainly closed out with a bang. As the season ended on Dec. 31, huge rockfish were plentiful at the High Rise and off Cape Charles. Luke Mooney (pictured above) landed one of the big “rocksâ€. Notice the large fish in its mouth – looks like a small Wahoo to me. Any ideas? The rockfish are still around but must be released. Giant bluefins … [Read more...]
I Miss the Old TV Guide
I miss seeing the test pattern in the early morning hours and I miss hearing the National Anthem played each night at the end of broadcasting. I miss seeing Dave Garroway on the Today Show and I miss the zany comics on the Steve Allen Show – Louis Nye, Tom Poston, and Bill Dana (Jose Jimenez). I miss the Maxwell House commercials and the smell of hot tubes within the TV set. I miss the great … [Read more...]
An (Almost) Christmas Cactus
For 11 months, our little house plant sits in the corner, biding its time. Then, at Christmas, it goes into full bloom. It is, after all, a Christmas Cactus. Except, our little plant gets excited when the Christmas lights go up, and Christmas music echoes throughout the house. Then he blooms prematurely, sometimes as early as Thanksgiving. Christmas cactus is a favorite house plant … [Read more...]
Happy New Year Havarti Dip
Our good friend, Nancy McKay, gave us a fruit basket of gourmet pears with a large wedge of Havarti Cheese. We ate the pears (Nancy made a pear dessert) but then had the cheese remaining. My wife scoured cookbooks and the Internet and found an interesting recipe for Havarti Cheese Dip. It was one of the best dips I have ever had the pleasure of dragging a Ritz Cracker through. If you … [Read more...]
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