It must be summer, as Memorial Day…or Decoration Day as I knew it growing up…is over. The many cars creeping through Leavenworth toward points east and north made me wonder if gas somehow costs less on the Other Side. (more…)
How many of you have at some time bought a bottle of wine because of the label? (more…)
On the scale of wineology (my word) knowledge I am at maybe stage 2.5 out of 10, so it is fun for me to find different ways to sample wines, compare or pair them with various flavors and enjoy them with friends. I realize that many of you are much higher on the scale than I, but maybe you can share with all of us some of the ways you incorporate wine into your social events by sending in ideas for the Enological Society’s website. (more…)
At last, around the edges of my gardens and on the north-facing slope, my daffodils are released from their prison of ice and snow. As Wordsworth wrote over two hundred years ago, “And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.” (more…)