My son Jimmie sent me this recipe – he said it was now one of his family’s favorites and I had to try it. I did and it was good. It’s Turkey Meatloaf for Skeptics. It is packed full of flavor, quite healthy and worthy of a trial. I mostly followed the recipe with a few changes for the better (in my opinion). Okay skeptics, here’s how. Begin the process by sautéing 1 medium onion (roughly … [Read more...]
Saltwater Report
The recent drop in water temperatures, now low 40s, has created tough conditions for speckled trout and puppy drum, which typically winter in local waters. Anglers are still catching a few puppy drum inside Rudee and Lynnhaven Inlets. But currently, one of the few areas where these fish can be caught consistently is near the hot ditch, in the Elizabeth River. The hot ditch is … [Read more...]
Top Spots for Citation Bass
By Alex McCrickard/DWR The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is tasked with managing freshwater fisheries across the state of Virginia using best available science. DWR biologists utilize a variety of fisheries Of particular interest to Virginia anglers are the numbers of citation largemouth bass that are caught annually from public waterbodies throughout the … [Read more...]
Mother Hearing
“Did you hear that?” Nancy asks. First, how could I possibly know what she is hearing at the time. It could be a cat two streets over, or an airplane approaching the Lynchburg Airport. And second, even if I knew what it was that she was hearing, I probably couldn’t have heard it in the first place. Women have especially intense hearing. It gets more sensitive after marriage and after … [Read more...]
Bonanza – In Living Color!
Bonanza was in color, but most families didn’t have color sets when it first aired on September 12, 1959. We watched Ben Cartright and his sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe in black and white and could only imagine how they would look in red, white, purple, yellow and maybe a little blue. In the fall of 1960, the family of my friend, Dave Gladwell, bought a color console TV and Dave invited all his … [Read more...]
Planting Peas
My daughter, Laura, who is quite the gardener, says that February 14 is time to plant peas. She does it every year and every year she has a nice mess of the sweet green vegetables. But February 14? I’m not so sure. You can plant seeds anytime, but a combination of sunlight and ground temperature (45 degrees) causes them to sprout. I would love to get something in the ground (as soon as this … [Read more...]
White Proso Millet for the Little Birds
I have been buying the Supreme Blend of bird seed from Sam’s Club. It is absolutely the best buy in bird seed, and it has none of the little red seeds (milo) which go to waste and attract rodents. When I spreads it on the ground, I have noticed the little birds – the snowbirds, song sparrows and gold finches pecking away, but not at the sunflower seeds. They were eating the small, White Proso … [Read more...]
Pepperoni Cheese Chips
I saw this recipe float by my computer screen recently. It was colorful, it was simple, it had just two ingredients and it sounded good. So, I tried my hand at a batch of Pepperoni Cheese Chips. They were – as Tony the Tiger would say – great! The two ingredients are grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese and regular old pepperoni slices. Begin by lining two sheet pans with parchment paper. Pour … [Read more...]
Sam’s Kitchen
Nancy had been up since O-Dark-Thirty getting our daughter to the airport for an early morning flight, and it was nearing breakfast time on a Sunday morning. I usually fix a big breakfast on Sunday mornings, but Nancy suggested we eatout, so we did. We drove up to the Woodbrook Shopping Center and found a table in Sam’s Kitchen and had a breakfast worthy of royalty. Nancy likes … [Read more...]
Consistent Hunting Results
Virginia biologists have finished tabulating the hunting results from the 2024/25 season and the results are – well – consistent. The harvest of bears, deer and fall turkeys were all amazingly close to the previous year’s totals. Hunters took 2,702 bears last fall which was a bit lower (6.5%) than the previous year. Reduced access to lands used for bear hunting in the aftermath of Hurricane … [Read more...]
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