The Virginia cobia season ended on Sept. 15, but it has been another good one. The past 4 years, in fact, have been very good. From now on, it’s catch and release and there are still plenty of nice fish around – from the mouth of the bay to the mouth of the Rappahannock. Big red drum are still pulling line off Penn reels, especially the lower Bay. Lots of puppy drum have been active at … [Read more...]
1956 – It Was a Very Good Year
We had lived in Lewisburg, WV for a year and by now I was becoming acclimated to the friendly little city. I had made lots of friends, I shot my first quail with a .410 shotgun and was fortunate to be young and alive in one of the greatest years of all time – 1956. In 1956, things didn’t cost much. The average price for a new house was $11,700, the average monthly rent was $88, a gallon of gas … [Read more...]
Oops!
Too bad I don’t have an editor. I’m the first and last one to look at my articles and sometimes I go to sleep at the wheel. Like last week. I said in my article on the Ark Encounter that Williamstown, KY was 665 miles from Charlottesville. It’s not. It’s about 465 miles. But I was correct that it takes about 8 hours to get there. 465 miles is still a ‘fer piece. I also gave credit to Daniel … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Kroger’s sends me coupons about once a month. Usually, it’s for something like 50c off a dozen eggs, or $1.00 off if you buy 2 cheeses or maybe 50c off on three avocados. But often, they offer a free box of Betty Crocker Cake Mix for Special Customers. The Cake Mix is not really a big deal since it’s only about a buck-fifty for a box, but I usually take advantage and take a free box home. This … [Read more...]
Timberwood Grill: Best Sammies in Town
Sometimes you just want a good sandwich. Maybe one you don’t often eat at home. That’s when you head out to eat at a good sandwich joint. Years ago, it used to be Sloan’s. Boy did they ever had good Sammies. Today, it’s Timberwood Grill. When you’re talking sandwiches – burgers don’t count, and ordinary stuff like Chicken and Tuna Salad and Turkey Clubs you can easily make at … [Read more...]
A Computer Screen Flower
I was in the back yard looking at a collage of high school reunion pictures when a Monarch Butterfly paid me a visit. The laptop computer screen was alive with color and the butterfly thought it was surely flowers. She – I think it was she – flew right into my lap and began bumping into the computer screen. When she bounced away, she came back again and again. Anything that colorful has … [Read more...]
Quiet! Bats Sleeping
We have a table umbrella on our patio that we usually keep rolled up, so the wind doesn’t scoop down and blow it away. That happens. The other day, Nancy decided to crank the handle and spread the umbrella for company and her first guest was none other than a sleeping bat, and he was most upset. He had worked his way up into the nice, dark folds of the umbrella and had been sound … [Read more...]
Deer at Your Doorstep
Amazon must be getting desperate for delivery personnel. I see that they hired 3 fawns to drop something off on the front porch of my neighbor’s house. Either that, or the three little moochers were munching on Sandy’s outdoor potted plants. I suspect the latter. The same three fawns have been prowling our Woodbrook neighborhood for about a month. I suspect that Mama deer didn’t look … [Read more...]
Big Flounder Time
Can you believe it’s September? Where did the summer go? September means back to school, back to work and back to catching flounder. Big flounder. Now is when the big fellas bite. A 9-pounder was weighed this week along with several in the 6-pound category. Live spot is the bait of choice for big flatfish. The end of cobia season is approaching but they are still in the bay and will hit … [Read more...]
The Land of Boone and Bourbon
I travelled through much of Kentucky last week – the land of Boone and Bourbon. I don’t know much about Daniel Boone other than he shot a bunch of Mexicans at The Alamo and sold a lot of Coonskin Hats in the 1950’s. Bourbon, however, I know about. As my libation of choice, I have probably sent the State of Kentucky enough revenue for their aged brown liquor to build an auditorium in an … [Read more...]
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