: About Me

I am retired from GE. I paint, draw, teach karate two nights a week, carve and make knives. Check out my website www.freewebs.com/1briar/ I like to write, I just need someone to read my work and maybe give me a little encouragement.
I have worked in the tobacco fields of southeastern NC as a kid, worked part time at a gas station while in high school, been a soldier (1968-1971), worked construction as a carpenter and worked for GE for 31 years in the Tool Engineering section. I have been an avid reader for most of my life.
I have two daughters and three grandchildren. I love them dearly.
The photo you see is one of my carvings. It is deer antler.

My passion is ...

anything creative

I know too much about ...

life

My parents always told me ...

to work hard

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer

My favorite memory ...

Days camping on the river with my dad.

Why I write ...

I have to.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

A book on carving

My first job ...

working in the tobacco fields

My best moment ...

The birth of my children

My inspiration ...

My friends

Food & Drink > Recipes (Other) Recipes: Great picnic recipes

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I make these sweet pickles every summer with cucumbers from my garden. They are very simple to make. Crisp Pickles 2 gal cucumbers- leave whole. 1st 24 hours: add 3 cup salt in 1 gal boiling water; pour over cucumbers, soak 24 hrs then drain. 2nd 24 hours: Add 4 oz powdered alum in 1 gal boiling water. Pour over cucumbers, soak 24 hrs, drain. 3rd 24 hours: Drain. Cover with 1 gal clear boiling water. Soak 24 hrs, drain. 4th for 9 days: simmer 1 gal white vinegar with 1 box pickling spice, cover whole cucumbers. Leave in this for 9 days. Drain well, cut to desired pieces and pack in contain...

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