There is, perhaps, nothing more American than watching a bunch of adults stuff their faces with enough hot dogs to feed an entire school. Give me freedom, give me fireworks and give me Joey Chestnut shoving his face with over 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes on Coney Island on the Fourth of July. Somewhere… Read More

Over the years, I’ve seen some pretty miserable weather. Beyond a doubt, winter weather has produced the most memorable temperatures, but summer can do it, too. Summer might be in second place, but. Just check the picture. That was a couple of days ago. Maybe I just don’t remember the last time that happened here. Probably… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener If you don’t have your own garden, you probably buy your fruits and vegetables from the local grocery stores. All fruits and vegetables are required to have a sticker telling you where they came from. Of course, they are usually so small you would need to carry a magnifying glass in… Read More

Question: I really liked your recent article about the dangers of putting your feet up on the dash while driving and air bags. With the way vehicles are changing, can you talk about the other air bags, like side curtains and such? Thank you. Answer: Thank you for the email and I am happy to talk… Read More

Let’s talk about the weather, and all the ways that people over the years have figured out to predict it. Along the way, I’ve got a couple ways of my own which I’ve developed over the years. A lot of weather predictions are indirectly connected to  barometric pressure, BP, which is itself connected to the weight… Read More

Question: It seems there are far too many wrong way drivers.  On 4-lane and 2 lane roadways, what should drivers do if they encounter a wrong-way driver?  Answer: Great question as this is a very dangerous situation. I was speaking with a Trooper who was part of a crash investigation involving a wrong way driver on… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener So, you put your peppers and tomatoes out last week and they haven’t grown an inch. Of course not. The poor things are shivering so hard their roots are barely staying in the ground. These are semi-tropical plants after all. Until the nighttime temperatures are consistently above 55, they are just… Read More

I don’t go fishing much on opening day. For one thing, it’s always too cold. About the last thing I want to do after freezing my nether parts off all winter is take them out in a fishing boat where I can freeze them off some more. Bad as winters have been lately, they’re all… Read More

(I found the first wood tick of the season; here’s my favorite wood tick column.) I sat in church last Sunday and marveled as I usually do at how one’s mind tends to ramble past thoughts much more freely there. Is it the austere tones of the interior decorating? The largeness of spirit? The communion with… Read More

To the Editor, We always want change; it is our nature because we feel that will make things better.  Not so much, and when we get change, we realize we had it better before. We are living in 2022 and most of us are outraged when we see that things are the same only worse. We are… Read More