A weekend packed with activities means no time to sit down to reflect and write about those activities. Friday evening we found ourselves back at Deutschland Downtown enjoying dinner and beer or two. Just a couple of beers though (ok, maybe three) beca…
Milwaukee restaurant owner Andy Kochanski knows the life-saving value of firearms. In August of 2013 three armed thugs attempted a robbery of Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall. The businessman, who was also armed, shot and killed one of the robbers. The…
Fredericksburg’s original Oktoberfest celebration is happening this Friday and Saturday at Blue & Gray Brewery. This is the twelfth year for this popular event.The event kicks off Friday, September 19 at 5:00PM with the traditional keg-tapping…
Not only does an alcoholic drink or or two add enjoyment to your life, a new study suggests it will also add years to your life.But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren’t enti…
September 15, 1984. That’s the day, thirty short years ago, that Colleen and I made our promise before God that we would spend the rest of our lives together. And it’s been a wonderful and amazing thirty years. We’ve had our share of both joy and sadne…
Even though they’ve been on the shelves for more than a few weeks, I had not yet opened any of the usual “fall seasonal” beers, the Harvest Ales, the Pumpkin Ales, and the Oktoberfest Bier. Colleen and I headed down to Deutschland Downtown Saturda…
As the weather turns cooler, it’s time to recall the sage advice of Cliff Clavin.Have a wonderful weekend. And stay warm.
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Today is a fitting day to reflect on the precipice at which we find ourselves. More so than in all of the last 13 years, our Nation sits vulnerable, with a failed leader and a citizenry afraid to confront the evil in front of us. Our enemy’s tactic of …
Mesmerizing. Watch to the end.
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On Saturday morning I volunteered to help set up the USPSA match held by the Fredericksburg Practical Shooters. They’re trying something new at the club this year. The set up crew can optionally shoot the match Saturday afternoon, which is an…
