After a quick visit to the range, it was time to enjoy a good beer. (I say that a lot, don’t I?) The selection for the evening was Get Bent Mountain IPA from Parkway Brewing in Salem, VA. This was one of the beers I picked up specifically to mark Virgi…
After Mass on Sunday morning, we headed to the grocery store to pick up a few odds and ends for the week ahead, not the least of which were a few more Virginia craft beers. An inventory of my beer fridge had revealed a shortage of beers for Virginia Cr…
It’s Craft Beer Month in Virginia. Any excuse for a party, I guess. There are lots of events planned around the Commonwealth to celebrate the great beer brewed in Virginia. The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild is the driver behind the month-long recog…
Our faithful family canine, Colonel Mulholland of the Irish Brigade, or Colonel for short, turns 12 years old today. He’s a Brittaney, and as such a natural hunter, though he’s been solely a house dog. He is however quite adept at catching moles and vo…
Please take some time today to pray for fellow Christians who are being persecuted, driven from their homes, and slaughtered for refusing to deny their faith by converting to islam.Friday, August 1, 2014 is the day chosen by the Priestly Fraternity of …
We were up in the Frederick, MD area on Sunday to drop off our son and three of his friends at a camp they are attending this week. After three hours on the car with four active teenage boys I was ready for a beer. Last year when we made this same trip…
Visitors to these Musings, know that we frequently follow our shooting range time with the enjoyment of good beer. In fact, we encourage it, in the right order. During our recent visit to Old Ox Brewery, we saw that the Silver Eagle Group indoor range …
Downtown Fredericksburg that is. Deutschland Downtown is a soon-to-be-opened German restaurant in Old Town Fredericksburg. Even before they open, there’s a strong local following as the proprietors have been running a mobile food cart, serving Ger…
After our trip to the range the other day, it was time to enjoy some good beer while a delicious dinner was prepared by Colleen. Our beer fridge is kept well-stocked with a variety of beers, which doesn’t make the decision any easier. It’s a long-runni…
After a month away from the practice range, I finally made it back this week. Adding to the fun, I was joined by Colleen and “Checkered Flag.” I realized it had been two months since we’d all been to the range together. We had made plans to go after wo…
