We spent a picture-perfect November weekend last week at the Oyster Festival in Urbanna. The cottage we have rented on Urbanna Creek for the last 15 or so years was no longer available, but we booked a cottage on Jackson Creek in Deltaville and made the 20-mile drive to and from. The views of the sunrise on the creek with the sailboats bobbing in the water, by the way, were beyond … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Cookies
It’s fall, you know, the time we all turn into pumpkins. Whether we’re carving pumpkins for the front porch or baking them into pies. Pumpkins are a hot item. Recently, I became so enamored with the large, orange spheres, that I made a batch of pumpkin cookies and they turned out well - a nice change of pace in the cookie department. And they’re easy to put together. Here’s how. In … [Read more...]
Hunting Virginia Elk
(This 8x8 bull weighed 755 pounds) By Jackie Rosenberger/DWR It’s hard to believe another year has passed and Virginia’s second managed elk hunt, held the third week of October, has ended. This hunt was another huge success thanks to an army of landowners, volunteers, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) staff, and an awesome cohort of hunters. Each hunter … [Read more...]
Fall on the Outer Banks
It’s fall on the Outer Banks and the next few weeks will provide some of the best fishing of the year. Blues, drum, specks, and stripers will be cruising the beaches so get ready to rumble. A bitter cold snap slowed the action during mid-week, but as the weather improved, so did the fishing. Surf anglers were beaching sea mullet, drum – big and small, some specks and lots of sharks. … [Read more...]
Dick Tracy
I saw a commercial on TV last week where a person snapped his fingers together twice and their Smart Watch reacted with the kind of stuff that Smart Watches do. And it reminded me of Dick Tracy – the comic strip. In 1931, Chester Gould inked his first Dick Tracy comic panel in theDetroit Mirror, distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Tracy was a plain-clothes cop, tough and … [Read more...]
A Shout Out for Reid’s Super-Save Market
The sign below was recently posted at Reid’s Super Save Market on Preston Avenue “Just like individual consumers have felt the pinch, so have we. We have seen increases in all our expenses, not just in the cost of product. With low profit margins in the grocery business, it makes it extremely hard for independent grocery stores like us to operate and make ends meet. This … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
The Autumn Leaves
The Autumn Leaves Wham, bam, thank you Ma’am. That’s what our leaves did this fall. They stayed green forever, then quickly changed colors and then said, “Okay, guys. It’s time to fall.” And they did. Nearly everyone at the same time, Leaves march to their own drummers. Some years they will be vibrant and some years not so much. Some years they fall here and there over a period of … [Read more...]
A Chardonnay Cake?
Really? A Chardonnay Cake. Yes, really. My wife Nancy used this recipe to make a cake for a company event and every crumb disappeared. So, I suppose you really can bake a cake with wine. Says Nancy, “This recipe was from a friend. It’s not mine, I just tried it and found it to be delicious! Chablis can be substituted for the Chardonnay if desired.” Chardonnay Cake 1 yellow cake … [Read more...]
One Flew Over the Chicken Coop
It is 190 miles from Charlottesville to Greensboro via Rt. 29. I know the stretch well, as my daughter Angelin and her family live in North Carolina and there are grandchildren and a great-grand child there that require regular visits. There is also one place to eat along the way that has the best fried chicken you have ever put in your mouth. And that is the Chicken Coop at the Nelson Food … [Read more...]
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