FCHS Football vs. Edwards Co., 10-14-22

Mules Win Third Straight Heading Into Final Week Of Regular Season It took them a while to get going, but once they did Justin Townsend’s Fairfield Mules rolled to a 48-0 win at Edwards County Friday, improving to 5-3 on the year with their third straight win. Russ Gerlach’s Lions held Fairfield to eight points in the first quarter, but the Mules then punched in 24 points in the first quarter and 16 in the third to play the majority of the second half with a running clock. Fairfield scored on six of their first seven possessions and racked up … Continue reading FCHS Football vs. Edwards Co., 10-14-22

City Grocery Bloody Mary

Ingredients 4 cups V8 juice 1 3/4 cup vodka 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 5 tspn prepared horseradish 1 1/2 tspn finely grated shallots 1 1/2 tspn minced garlic 2 tbsn dill pickle juice 2 tspn Tabasco hot sauce 3/4 tspn celery seeds 2 1/2 tspn freshly ground black pepper 1 1/2 tspn kosher salt Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime Ice Cubes 6 Pickled Okra pods 12 cocktail onions 6 good-quality pitted olives 6 lime wedges Music Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N’ Roses. Directions Combine the first 13 … Continue reading City Grocery Bloody Mary

Book Nook: The Moment In 1965 When Rock and Roll Becomes Art, by Steve Earle

I am an unabashed Steve Earle fan. One of the first things I do just about every Sunday morning is fire up my Sirius XM app and listen to the replay of Earle’s Hardcore Troubadour show, an hour of him telling stories and playing songs. See, Steve Earle is a really, really good song writer. And yet he is an even better story teller and self-made music historian. The Moment in 1965… is built around a premise Earle has, that I have heard from him before, that Bob Dylan wanted to be John Lennon, and John Lennon wanted to be … Continue reading Book Nook: The Moment In 1965 When Rock and Roll Becomes Art, by Steve Earle