Odd smells from the kitchen
Think you could eat 59 _ hotdogs? A 22-year-old fellow in Tempe, Arizona managed to gobble down that many and broke the world record of 53 _. Talk …
Columnists – Two Cents’ Worth
Adventures in the garden
Did some sod busting this morning by digging up potatoes. Scratched around and below the plants for a few with my hand to see if I could find …
A meal fit for a queen
Had our first tomato samiches of the year this weekend, Twas good too. Read with interest about Queen Elizabeth II visiting President Bush in Washington and having dinner. …
Snake sighting on the backporch
Have to pull duty on Saturdays from 0900 to 1200 every month or so. Yesterday was one of those Saturdays.Just before noon, the Mrs. called and said there …
Doin my chores…
My first wife will be at the house this evening, coming back from a trip above the Mason Dixon Line. She has been up there spoiling the already …
Kitty Boots uses the last of her nine lives
Changed the time on 17 clocks this morning and have one more to go. The most accurate of the clocks are the two atomic clocks and the cell …
Are weddings better the second time round?
Last freeze?Lost a third of the tomato crop due to the recent freeze; fortunately only nine plants were in the ground. Ole sod buster from Highlands didnt lose …
Getting around…
Had a fellow offer a stick of wood from a Catawba tree for use as a walking cane. I said thank you sir. We had a Catawba tree …
Preventative maintenance
The eagle screamed so back to writing Two Cent Worth if you savvy. We always used that term aboard ship in the Coast Guard come pay day. All …
Remember those Burma Shave Signs?
BY CHARLIE FARRARHere tis the fourth week into January and been out back in the garden this morning. Planted the tomato plants purchased at Wal-Mart earlier. If and …