“Blind tastings are to wine what strip poker is to love.”- Kermit Lynch, Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA For most people we begin almost everything with our eyes. The light, the spirit in another’s eyes draws us to them, it attracts us. Perhaps it even changes...
In the last couple of weeks our little town has become, well, a tempest in a teapot. In the words of Inigo Montoya, “Let me explain, no, there is too much. Let me sum up.” – Two ladies wrote a funny, fictional little book about...
The day did not begin as a blog post in the making. Eric had a trade show in Las Vegas. The hotel was paid for and frequent flyer miles took care of my plane ticket. For a date night he just needed to buy me dinner. Oh,...
I live in a small town, say 65,000 residents. It has good schools, lots of beautiful parks, (we even keep a naturalist on staff), great shopping, wonderful restaurants, … and of course, it goes without saying, nice, oh so very nice, people. One would think....
After last week’s post I was at a loss for my next subject. My last three pieces I had known exactly what I wanted to write about. First, there was the Viking Opener. I clearly had to blog about that. Then I started the column...
I had been working on a completely different piece for my blog but the research was very depressing. Therefore, I made an executive decision. I took a break and decided to concentrate on something else. I recently had the pleasure, and it truly was...
I suppose I have an obligation to explain why it has been almost two months since I have last posted. I offer no excuses. I leave you only these simple words to mull over: editing book, children on summer vacation, new puppy, husband away and...