Easter Sunday—Ham, The Masters and a daring rescue
It’s been a while since I’ve had time to blog.
I know that defeats the purpose. A blog is supposed to be a quick look at what’s on your mind. So here is what’s swimming around in my head.
The way the Navy came in to save the ship captain being help by Somali pirates makes you proud to be an American.
Captain Richard Phillips was rescued on Easter Sunday, when U.S. Navy snipers shot and killed the three Somali pirates who were holding him at gunpoint. It was three shots and the captain was free after almost a week of uncertainty.
Some argue that this may touch off other acts of terrorism and it may. But it could also send a message that you shouldn’t mess with an American citizen unless you want to pay the price.
There are certain times where certain foods just feel right.
For Easter, there has to be a ham on the table. You have to have potato salad. You can mix up the trimmings however you want, but those two have to be there.
Sitting at home alone Sunday, I didn’t know if I was up to all that cooking, but it’s just one of those things that you have to do.
It’s like chili on a cold day, turkey at Thanksgiving, or collards and black-eyed peas on News Year’s Day – you just have to do it.
It was a good meal and well worth the effort.
Now I just have to figure out what to do with all that leftover ham. There will be ham and cheese omelets, maybe ham and bean soup and ham sandwiches for sure. Got any good recipes?
I think watching golf on television is about as exciting as watching paint dry, but I have to admit that watching Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson make a run at the Masters was exciting. Now they didn’t win, but just seeing them get in the hunt, putting heat on the leaders was great television.
Augusta National may be the prettiest place in the world when those azalea bloom. Television is great, but I had the opportunity to cover it once and TV just can’t tell it all.
If you ever get a chance to go – do it.
Why is it that they have toll booths where you have to pay on a road they call a freeway? Just asking.
Mitch Sneed is the publisher of the Culpeper Star-Exponent. A Georgia native, Sneed has been working for newspapers in the South since he was 15 years old. Culpeper is Sneed's first publisher's job coming to the area from Opelika, Alabama where he served as editor of Media General's Opelika-Auburn News. 
