Wine Tasting
Lummi Island Wine Tasting Spring Equinox ’14
Spring Raccoon Well, I know some people aren’t crazy about them, and they can be messy. And sighting one isn’t up there with seeing a unicorn or an orca, perhaps; but I confess I have a fondness for their outlaw masks, their Cheshire Cat tails, and their deliberate ways. A small local group patrols our […]
Lummi Island Wine Tasting Ides of March ’14
Sunsets are Back! In the Beginning (of March!), the Island was Without Form, and Grayness (snow!) covered the face of the Deep. And the Spirit of Spring saw the Darkness and took Pity and moved the clocks Ahead, and the days grew longer, and it was Good. And the Spirit said, “Let there be warmer […]
Lummi Island Wine Tasting March 8 ’14
“Snideology” One of the more entertaining aspects of aging is the “creative hearing” that develops as bits of frequencies trickle away; a consonant here, a vowel there, so that words are sometimes heard in new, creative, and entertaining ways. In our latest example a phrase about “ideology” was recently heard as “Snideology.” Hmmm, interesting word…what […]
Lummi Island Wine Tasting March 2 ’14
Harbingers of Spring Around here we all know that Spring “begins to begin” on Groundhog Day (Feb 2), which heralds a parade of early Spring signs, including pussy willows, Indian plum, and daffodils. The pussy willows were right on schedule a few weeks ago; the Indian plum tendrils are a good inch long, and the […]
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