England has had kings on the throne for millenniums. Boomers know that America once had a king, too. But just one. Elvis Aron Pressley. Born in a modest two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935, Elvis was truly America’s king and his throne was any stage he occupied. Elvis Pressley was undeniably the most famous person of the Boomer generation. He was the King of Rock and … [Read more...]
CvilleBuzz: Sign Up!
We’re getting a lot of good feedback from CvilleBuzz readers. They say there is a little something for everybody – outdoors, cooking, local business news, birds and gardening, Boomer Memories, road trips, golfing and the like. Our subscriber base is growing steadily, but here is a request. If you enjoy CvilleBuzz, take the time to email one of your friends or relatives and suggest they try it. … [Read more...]
Brave Sir Robin
I love the Monty Python crew and shenanigans. I especially enjoyed their classic movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In the movie, one of the nights is dubbed Brave Sir Robin, even though he was a coward. The hilarious scene went something like this. Minstrel: [singing] Brave Sir Robin ran away... Sir Robin: No! Minstrel: [singing] bravely ran away away... Sir Robin: I … [Read more...]
Hurry To Nags Head
If you have been waiting to make a road trip to Nags Head, now is the time. The stripers in the sound behind Nags Head are plentiful and they’re biting. Says Capt. Reese Stecher, a Nags Head Fishing Guide, “It’s not quite like the old days, but almost as good. The fish are all over the sound.” Reese said he and a client recently caught a limit of keepers in about 15 minutes. It was almost … [Read more...]
Squirrels Under Pressure
There once was a pot called a pressure cooker which had a propensity of putting more food on the ceiling than on the plates. In our family, when Mom got out her infamous pressure cooker, all the kids headed for their bedrooms. Better to study American History than to pick shrapnel and lima bean bullets from various parts of your body - in case “she blew.” But pressure cookers are no longer the … [Read more...]
Woodstone Meadows
Visiting new courses for golfers is always fun. It’s a chance to play a course you’ve never played before, and maybe this time you’ll play from the fairways instead of from “you know where.” After all, the new course doesn’t know that you are a lousy golfer. It’s just happy to have your greens fee. My former neighbor, Ed Dent, invited me over to play his home course in McGaheysville – the … [Read more...]
The Chick Turns On
It took a little cold snap and receding water levels - then the Chickahominy River caught fire. Mike Johncox at Riverside Camp in Lanexa says the crappie and the stripers are hungry and are finding their way into fish coolers. “We broke the ice with both crappie and striped action this past week,” Mike said. “Gary and Shirley Belk caught 50 crappie on Friday and 21 more on Saturday. They also … [Read more...]
Carolina Redfish
Capt. Alan Cain Fishing here along the NC coast has been good up until this last week’s bad weather, but with a few more days of tide flow the water should clear up quickly. We have been having some very good days targeting schools of redfish on the low tides and tailing redfish on the flood tides. Flounder fishing has also been very good with lots of quality 3-5lb. flounder being … [Read more...]
Goodbye Little Hummers
They finally left this past week: Our resident hummingbirds, which have graced our sugar-water feeders for the past several months. We worried that they may have stayed too long in Virginia and perhaps our feeders were tempting the tiny creatures to overstay their visit. Not to worry. Just before the first frost, our hummers headed south. I wish them Godspeed. Here are some hummingbird … [Read more...]
Obey the Pack Laws
What Boomer can ever forget that first uniform of his or her youth, likely from being a member of Cub Scouts or Brownies. I clearly recall that royal blue shirt with the bright yellow kerchief - my Cub Scout uniform in 4th grade. As a new scout recruit, I was fascinated by the badges and emblems, and I wanted as many as I could pin or sew on my uniform. They didn’t cost that much and I figured … [Read more...]
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