First of all, this story is not using the old expression “a hard nut to crack” in reference to other people. Instead, it’s about them hard hickory nuts that most folks say are just not worth the trouble to crack. Yes, it’s that time of the year when all types of nuts start falling from their trees. Nuts like pecans, walnuts, acorns, and hickory nuts are...
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Operation Market Garden began early on Sunday morning, September 17th, 1944. Thousands of Allied paratroopers and glider personnel were flying to their destination in Holland. Moffat Burris was a company commander in the 82nd Airborne. He and one of his sergeants were standing in the open jump door of one of the many Douglas C-47s flying just over their...
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In the early 1940s, our country, along with most of the world, was at war. Germany and Japan were looking to expand their boundaries with no regard for other countries or their people. Before the war ended, many lives would be lost and destruction would be everywhere. It seems some countries had not learned a lesson from the Great War (World War I.) It was...
Read MoreThose Pesky Redbugs
Seems during the warmer months, folks want to get out and enjoy the outdoors. Why, some work in their yards and gardens or hike on their favorite trails, while others fish along lakes and streams, or even pick berries. Whatever the outdoor activity, these are prefect hiding places for redbugs. Down here in the south, most people refer to chiggers as...
Read MoreA Day In The Fields
To celebrate the end of the long hunting drought, dove hunters take to the field around the first of September. To hopefully have a successful hunt, a lot of preparation is needed, unless you hunt on public land. Even on public land like the Sandhills Game Lands, you still need to scout and view the dove population and where they are roosting, feeding, and...
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