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Wild flowers much better than mowing grass

ItĢƵ a typical Saturday morning and across most neighborhoods you can hear the buzz of lawn mowers, weed trimmers and leaf blowers all doing their weekly battle with the lawns that surround most of our homes.Every spring, I resist this weekly ritual for as long as I can and the reward is less ...

The box turtle; ancient, gentle woodland native

No matter what your primary objective outdoors, there is always some bonus to enjoy. In early May, common objectives are a big, glossy turkey gobbler, a creel of silvery trout or a bag of morels.While I’ve sought all these prizes, one bonus I always welcome is encountering a box turtle. ...

Long snapper ruined everything

This was going to be a column in praise of leadership.Or how the Pittsburgh Steelers focused on drafting leadership, and character and work ethic and all of that good stuff.It was to be juxtaposed against the backdrop of two slappy receivers already on the team involved in a silly fight on ...

Payback for Wyatt, Y2J?

The Raw brand is back on the WWE Network tonight when it presents Payback, and the event will have a touch of Smackdown Live as well.WWE champion Randy Orton comes over from the “Blue Brand” for the show as he will take on Bray Wyatt in a “House of Horrors” match that will not be for ...

Just another busy day of retirement

Being retired for me does not mean just getting up and doing much of nothing all day.Most days, I have an idea of what I would like to do with my day and usually plan activities around one or two things I would like to accomplish. The joy is, at the end of the day, looking back and thinking I ...

Time to predict the Draft

After all these years of setting draft odds, you would think I would know better than to make a mistake.But I did. And got swamped. Money began pouring in on one player immediately.I was careless with the odds, but not with the player I expected.If you recall, I thought Charles Harris at 7-1 ...