By Nancy B Our showroom is a lovely place to visit and shop for lighting inspiration, with lights of all kinds on display. Often, it takes seeing fixtures in person to get excited about them. However, our website (Nancybshouseoflights.com) can show you our offering of hundreds of fixtures whereas our showroom holds far less. It would take at least 20 of our showrooms to display all that we … [Read more...]
Please Don’t Go!
Say it ain’t so, Spanish mackerel. Tell us you’ll stay a little longer! What a great season it’s been for Spanish mackerel. They came early and in good numbers, then the big boys moved in - 4 and 5 pounders. But now, it’s almost time to say goodbye as the sleek fish begin to move out to sea. They were caught in huge numbers this week off the coast of Virginia Beach. Clark spoons did the … [Read more...]
Huge Catfish Caught on a Kiddie Rod
I used to do fishing classes for beginners and one thing I always emphasized was to buy good equipment and stay away from those cheap Zebco Combos – like the kids’ Mickey Mouse Rods. I might have been wrong. On July 21, West Virginia’s Tyler Rutherford took his family fishing at a local farm pond. He put a worm on the hook of his three-year old daughter’s pink Zebco equipped with 6-pound … [Read more...]
A Fair(ly) Nice Snake
Nancy and I took a trip across the mountains to the West Virginia State Fair last Sunday where we ate everything in sight – starting with Country Ham Sandwiches, followed by Pepperoni Pizza and piping hot Ben Ellen doughnuts, plus Corn Dogs and Hot Fudge Sundaes. Groan! But we saw pigs and lambs and Angus steers. We viewed all the vegetables and pies with blue ribbons, we visited the Butterfly … [Read more...]
A Fall Melon
I decided to plant some spaghetti squash this spring and started three plants indoors - replanting in early May. I noticed, though, that the pack of seeds said a “fall melon” but that I could plant in the spring. Two of the vines made it and one of them produced a single melon, which grew to about the size of a grapefruit, then stopped growing. I finally picked it, we ate it, and it was good. … [Read more...]
Reid’s Pulls Through
It was looking pretty grim for Reid’s Super-Save Market on Preston Avenue. In the aftermath of COVID, creditors tightened the squeeze, many shelves were barren of goods and the end appeared to be in sight. Then, the community stepped in. We shopped there whenever we could, ignored the lack of many products but stocked up on things Reid’s were known for – like produce and meats – and now, the store … [Read more...]
Cornish Game Hens
In the never-ending battle for truth, justice, and a wide variety of entrees for dinner, one dish is often overlooked. Cornish game hens. They are easy to prepare, delicious and not expensive. The only problem is that they are always frozen hard as rocks, and you have to plan ahead to enjoy them. I suppose you could put them in a bowl of water and defrost in one day, but they take at least two … [Read more...]
The Perfect Bourbon
Bourbon is a hot commodity these days. Folks are spending small fortunes for certain brands and investing in others – such as Pappy Van Winkle. Bourbon aficionados are taking tours and tasting their way across Kentucky to find that special bourbon. That reminds me of a story my Daddy told me about the “perfect bourbon.” A man gave one of his employees a bottle of bourbon for Christmas and … [Read more...]
Branzino Sea Bass
I should shop at Trader Joe’s more often. They have some really interesting items – stuff you won’t find at other stores – like Branzino Sea Bass. I was at Trader’s last week to stock up on Moon X wines and poked around in the side aisles where I saw a package of frozen Sea Bass, not Chilean Sea Bass but Branzino Sea Bass. I am always looking for a fish to serve and I am leery of tilapia. You … [Read more...]
State Record Fallfish
On June 10, Danny Arbogast of Millboro, Virginia, landed a 3-pound, 12-ounce fallfish from the Cowpasture River to record the new state record for that species. Hall caught the trophy-sized fish with spinning tackle using a live minnow. The fish measured 20 ¾ inches, with a girth of 11 inches, and was officially weighed at the DWR regional office in Verona, Virginia. After biologist verification … [Read more...]
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