AIN’T DEAD YET
You’d think retirement would free up all sorts of time for barbecue research, but the opposite seems to be the case for me as old interests (music) have re-emerged and new ones (gardening) have taken off. To my amazement, stuff is growing in the back yard – plants for bees (though not many takers, unfortunately)
and things we may well be able to eat later on.
Those are lady cream peas. Need to find out what’s eating the foliage. Basil and tomatoes look promising. Barbecue stuff will be back, but for now it’s random summer rambling.
We visited one of my all-time favorite places Tuesday, the first day it was open after a week of downtime and fixing up inside. Pretty much every wooden surface in the dining room got a coat of paint (you could still smell it), and the overall décor received a nice updating – just about the right amount, to my eye.
It was also pizza night, something new for Dino’s, and our veg pizza was tasty. It was gone before I thought about taking a picture of it. They also have Italian sausage, pepperoni, and a chicken pesto.
Before dinner, we went to the soft opening for the Sprouts on Poplar. It’s a neat little store, and should be a formidable rival for Whole Foods and Fresh Market. It did fail the tomato test – nothing in there looked to have been grown within 500 miles of here. Sadly, it could mean the end of the last Easy-Way in town, which always aces the tomato test, along with several others.
We’ve been enjoying the start of Ripley tomato season, celebrated with traditional BLTs. If you are in the mood for a road trip, the annual Lauderdale County Tomato Festival is this weekend (July 14-15). It has a nice low-key, small-town vibe, and lots of good food.
On the subject of tomatoes, I posted this ad for the start of a Ripley season, and never knew who Poor Richard was. I found out last week in the obituaries in The Commercial Appeal, one of the few remaining reasons to read it. The dateline was Canton, Ga.:
Richard Renfro Stock, 85, passed away peacefully at a hospice home in Canton, GA, with a son and wife, Lisa, nearby Canton residents providing dutiful support. This occurred on July 4, 2017. His loving and wonderful wife , Adrienne Aden Stock, preceded him on Christmas Eve, 2010.
Richard grew up at Willette Plantation, near Hollandale, along with many cousins in the nearby Delta. Always an innovator, he and other grade school cousins exhibited early journalistic talent one year when they printed out editions of " The Driveway News " which surprisingly surfaced in some other states. Later, he started Poor Richard's tomatoes and had a patent on the green house which is still in widespread use today. He attended Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN, and Mississippi State University.
His adult career included Reed Joseph in Greenville ; Medical and Financial in Jackson; Cardinal Industries in Atlanta ; IBSA in Memphis and, later, Crye-Leike Realty in Memphis. One cousin often said, "Richard could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman wearing white gloves". Another quote was "Richard could get on a conference call with a load of people and sell a million-dollar deal in 30 minutes and they were all happy about it ."
Richard truly enjoyed life with a wonderful marriage and a large circle of friends and family. He gave anonymously to several people and charities over the course of his life and he never wanted credit.
Richard is survived by his children, Richard Stock, Jr. (Lisa) of Wilmot, AR, Cayce Stock of Wilmot, AR, Sloan Stock of Oxford, MS, Percy Stock of Hardy, AR, and Blaine Stock (Lisa) of Canton, GA; eight grandchildren; and numerous cousins.
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