Category Archives: Wine

The Longest Day

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Today is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and I found a little information about the earliest recognition of this event.  Our ancestors were very observant about the sky and their immediate surroundings.  They studied the formations, planted and harvested by … Continue reading →

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Z for Zinfandel

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

It is finished.  The last challenge letter is ‘z’ and I am toasting it appropriately with my favorite Zinfandel. Zinfandel was not a wine that I appreciated until I found this one.  The following is the blog post I wrote … Continue reading →

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Weekend for Awards and the Versatile Blogger

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

This has been a great weekend for catching up with not only my blog, but those of others whose writing style and/or photography I admire.  If you have been following then you know that I participated in the novel writing … Continue reading →

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7 x 7 Awards Go To…

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

On November the 20th, I received a very thoughtful nomination for the 7×7 Link Award by one very talented young man whose blog many of you may have had the pleasure of reading.  So I thank you Arindam Mohapatra most … Continue reading →

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No Halloween in France – and Other Bits of Knowledge

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

I started thinking about this post as one that honored traditions of Halloween – or All Hallows Eve, All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, and the Day of the Dead celebrations.  Inexplicably connected, yet vastly different in their methods and rituals, … Continue reading →

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Champagne From Grape to Glass

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

The golden leaves around my house are reminding me of another golden hillside – Essoyes’ own golden vineyards of the special champagne grape.  Last October I, along with the other students at the Essoyes School, spent afternoons walking through the … Continue reading →

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How To Celebrate The Last Forty-Something Birthday

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

When I hit thirty, I was almost relieved as I had mourned my twenties for the entirety of my twenty-ninth year. Hitting forty was nothing traumatic so thirty-nine slid by without aging pains. But this is the day that I … Continue reading →

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Amana Colonies in Iowa

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

  One of the conditions when I agreed to the road trip was that we not miss what was right in front of us in an all out rush to reach a destination.  For me, it truly was about the … Continue reading →

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Illinois and Iowa Offer Surprises

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

Mighty Mississippi River We arrived in Illinois last night as the sun was setting and it’s salmon-colored ridge spread across the western horizon in front of us for over an hour. Along the edge of the road and into the … Continue reading →

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Vacation Un-Planned

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

This year, the only steady component of our vacation plans, is a propensity to fall miserably apart. We planned to take two weeks in September and tour the American West. We looked at campers and found one we liked that … Continue reading →

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