From a detailed examination of the origin of the very word “barbecue” to a complete list of all the grand prize winners of the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Barbecue Cookoff, 1989-2012, barbecue expert and author George Hensler has assembled an awesome book of facts, speculation, opinions, trivia, history, legend, lore, techniques, dos, don’ts, and burnt […]
Clearing an Aftertaste: Fine Wine and Fine Football in Delta
While my son went with his pals to the Ponca Bird Tavern to watch this year’s Super Bowl, and my daughter and her family cloistered around the flat screen at home with her delectable munchies, I found myself headed to Atom Road near Delta for the first annual ‘Wine Tasting and Super Bowl’ private party. […]
From A Distance…Things Aren’t What They Seem: Today An Eyesore, Scott’s Creek Could Be A Place For Everyone, Even Reformed Litterers, To Enjoy
Part 2 in a series by Todd Holden about Scott’s Creek in Delta. Part 1 can be read here: Massacre at Scott Creek: A Veritable Rummage Sale of Unwanted Household Furnishings Litter Delta Railroad Line. Recently I visited some families living very close to Bunker Hill Road along Scott’s Creek, on the north side of […]
Massacre at Scott Creek: A Veritable Rummage Sale of Unwanted Household Furnishings Litter Delta Railroad Line
What started out as a trip down memory lane turned out to be a rude awakening to the present and sadness of Scott Creek, meandering along the Ma and Pa railroad line and Bunker Hill road, just north of Delta. There isn’t a whole lot of childhood left except in the mind, so I grabbed […]
Pike’s Peak and the Muses: From Every Angle, it’s Art at Dave DeRan’s Multi-Annual Shows Near Delta
It’s a magical thing, this business of Dave DeRan showing his latest works of art. He usually sends me a card announcing the ‘upcoming event’ but I never seem to get it in time to put a little blurb in the paper. So, here I sit today, in his solar sunspace listening to “Blackberry Rag” […]
Snake Round-Ups, Arrowheads, and History at Southern Pennsylvania’s Indian Steps Museum
And so it came to pass after all these years, that once more a trip to Indian Steps Museum near Airville was made. In some ways it seemed different than the last time I attended the annual ‘copperhead round-up’ where the late Dr. Josiah ‘Joe’ Hunt held forth as the main man. Back then, in […]
Laying On Of Hands…The Real Deal
I’m not certain of the first time I ever went to a chiropractor, but it was a monumental decision. Folks had warned me never to allow a chiro to crunch my spine, neck, or hips. Others had said they were ‘godsends’ that offered immediate relief without pills, just exercises. As best I can recall, it […]
Trusting The Turtle Made It
The day started out with me and Dude and Frisco chasing ‘resident, over-fed Canada geese’ off our pond where the small amount of water flowing in, and lots of goose excrement piling up on the shore and in the water is not to our liking. Folks across the way in Major’s Choice are feeding these […]
