There weren’t many ways to earn money as a Boomer teenager. Allowances were meager, maybe 50c a week. This was before child labor laws, where kids were required to do things like mow the lawn, load dishwashers, tend to younger brothers and sisters and help weed the garden for a lousy 50 cents a week. Summer offered some respite with a few lawn-mowing gigs, but there was often intense competition … [Read more...]
A Round at the Lake
Kevin Mann and I took advantage of a 76 degree February afternoon this week to shake off a little golf rust and get in a round at Lake Monticello. The pro, Mark Marshall, gave us the bad news right away – Cart Paths Only – because of all the rain recently. It’s a good thing we didn’t try to get on some of the fairways or we would have sunk the cart. Boy, is it wet out there. But other being … [Read more...]
Broccoli and Apple Salad
Tossed salad, cole slaw, tossed salad, cole slaw. I’ve been in a rut when it comes to fresh, green salads to serve along with a meal. Just recently, I ran across a recipe for a Broccoli/Apple salad that sounded good, so I tried it. It was especially good, not that difficult to put together and figures to become a new member in the salad rotation. Here’s how. For starters, I used a bag of … [Read more...]
DU Banquet
The Goochland Ducks Unlimited Chapter has only a few spots left for Corporate Tables and Bronze Sponsor Couples for the Annual Wetlands Conservation Banquet on Saturday March 3. The doors will open at 5:30 for drinks and raffles and dinner will be served at 7 7:00 PM The fun evening will take place at Camp T. Brady Saunders, Heart Of Virginia Scout Reservation on 1723 Maidens Rd. in … [Read more...]
Terracotta Warriors
Sherman Shifflett from Louisa recently toured the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and saw the terracotta warriors on exhibit. “Along with the warriors we saw a horse, jewelry (some gold), pottery and weapons,” he said. First discovered in 1974 by farmers in China, an underground army of nearly 8,000 life-size terracotta figures is known as one of the greatest archaeological finds of … [Read more...]
New Fixtures Arriving
I often wear black. It’s slimming, forgiving of red wine spills, always in style and goes with gold and silver jewelry alike. Well, in 2018 black is the new finish. You will see more and more offerings in this finish, whether furniture, clothing, appliances or lighting. In January at the Dallas Lighting Market, every showroom focused on the black finish for chandeliers, pendants, orbs, island … [Read more...]
Blues on the Rappahannock
Excellent fishing for blue catfish. Many of the big fish are being caught on cut shad and herring baits, fished on the bottom, in the outside bends of the river channel. Some are over 30 pounds. Fair largemouth bass action in the tidal sections on live bait and plastic grubs. Crappie are available around brush piles in the creeks and on the main river. White perch, yellow perch and stripers are … [Read more...]
Tog and Sea Bass Action
Our mild February temperatures allowed Virginia anglers to hit the water again and they were rewarded with some excellent sea bass and tautog catches. Connie at Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle weighed in these nice tautogs ranging from 9 to 12 pounds. Captains running offshore to bottom fish are seeing large schools of stripers 30 to 50 miles out, well beyond the 3 mile limit. A … [Read more...]
Blowin’ In The Wind
We were driving from Lewisburg, WV to enroll at UNC in Chapel Hill on a September day in 1962 when I first heard the group. The song was “Where Have All The Flowers Gone” sung by a group called Peter, Paul and Mary. Boomers grew up with this trio, pioneers in folk music, which gained steam in the 1960s. To many, folk music meant protests and flower children. To me, it meant some of the greatest … [Read more...]
Roanoke River Stripers
By Capt. Alan Cain This spring I will be taking my annual trip to the Roanoke River to guide for striped bass. Just as Louisiana is known for redfish the Roanoke River in North Carolina is known for stripers. Every year hundreds of thousands of striped bass migrate up river from the Atlantic Ocean and Albemarle Sound to spawn in the rock rapids at Weldon NC. This is the easiest … [Read more...]
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