If you didn’t get enough of a buzz from Thanksgiving cocktails here’s something else creating a little holiday buzzzzz. It’s the Season Shot. The first ammo that shoots, kills and seasons wild bird game all in one œshot. Once your mouth closes from the shock factor, have a giggle (or a gobble) and let’s ponder. Read More
At first glance it appears that these treats are for your pooch. With a name like œKooky Chews a doggie logo and brown meat-like bits and colorful bones you would this it is a standard puppy snack. Until you realize they are in the candy isle and the small print reads; œCookies and Candy for Read More
Ben and Jerry are promoting a special on feature flavors, but if you aren’t careful it’s not so special. Signs are posted on freezer sections at local grocery and convenience stores that advertise two flavors; Vanilla Crème Caramel and American Apple Pie. For a limited time, these specialty pints are $1.00 less than the other Read More
Here is a series of emails from my mother for our family Thanksgiving meal planning. They made me laugh. Mmmm… Dad’s famous Jello Salad. Hello, Children and Significant Others! Here’s the update on Thanksgiving – if you can fill in any of the ??? below, let us know! – Our Thanksgiving dinner will be at Read More
Due to a data problem the content for the remaining days of the Skittles adventure has been lost. Please stay tuned for the remaining details of the trip to be posted. In the meantime here are some pictures to help tell the story. Here is a game to play: Match the caption with the picture Read More
The skittles took us out of Floyd and lead us north. We were low on gas, so we stopped at the next station. The advertisement for subs was incredibly tempting, but I walked out with a fried pie. The girl at the register said that strawberry and cream cheese was the best flavor. She was Read More
Somehow I took a wrong turn (almost impossible in a town like Floyd) and had to turn around in a bank parking lot. Only I couldn’t turn around. The lot looped around into a traffic line headed for the bank window. I was second in line at the window. As the truck in front of Read More
Someone was knocking on the door. I slowly opened my eyes, rolled out of bed and poked my spinning head out the door. I squinted in the blaring Saturday sunshine to see a lady with a handkerchief on her head. At first I guessed that she was a misguided guest in the senior-living portion of Read More
We had nowhere to stay when we crossed the Floyd city limits around 7:30 pm Saturday evening. In search of accommodations we did what anyone else would do. We went to the local Dollar General. The yellow pages had exactly three options under the heading œLodging. The first listing was a motel/senior assisted living center. Read More
The wine had warmed my belly and the sunny day warmed my entire body. We drove down a narrow road with a roaring river to our right and a cliff with small but impressive waterfalls to our left. We were on our way to¦ well we didn’t really know where. I think we were still Read More