lummi island wine tasting june 5 ’26
Open Friday from 4-6 pm
a long-ago sunset-moonset
Friday Bread This Week
Dried Cherries and Pecans –A nice rustic loaf from a levain that mixed with a sourdough starter the night before final mixing of the final dough from the levain, bread flour and fresh milled whole wheat, and loaded up with dried cherries and toasted pecans . –$5/loaf
Pan de Cioccolate – Also made with a levain, this delicious chocolate artisan bread is a rich loaf made with bread flour, fresh milled rye flour, honey for sweetness, vanilla and plenty of dark chocolate. – $5/loaf
…and pastry this week…
Rum Raisin Brioche: A delicious brioche dough of eggs, butter and sugar, filled with golden raisins, chunks of almond paste, and a chocolate glaze. – 2/$5
This week’s wine tasting
Chapoutier Belleruche Blanc ’23 France $14
Delicious blend of grenache blanc and roussanne; fragrant and perfumed with a light, grilled-lemon note over ripe melon, and a lingering palate of rich white peach.
MAN Vintners Pinotage ’23 South Africa $14
Aromas of dark coffee beans, red berries, nutmeg, and vanilla spice turning to dark berries and smoky plum; rustic yet silky and juicy, with smooth tannins, balanced acidity, and comforting intensity.
MAN Shiraz ’23 South Africa $16
Aromas of leather, forest floor, and balsamic notes wrapped around a core of red fruit, notes of fresh dried herbs, sweet spice and red currant; medium bodied with juicy mouthfeel, soft tannin, and a lingering finish.
Economics of the Heart: Meanwhile Back on Planet Earth…
it’s all in Our Hands, folks….
Macroeconomics is the theoretical foundation of how economic systems interact, including natural resources, businesses, consumers, workers, transportation networks, government agencies. Microeconomics is the theoretical foundation of how individual economic players (“households”) allocate their time and resources to earn income and exchange it for goods and services in markets.
Every person, household, business, and agency must continually balance their income stream and expenditure stream. When (income > expenditures), savings occurs; and when (expenditures > income), dis-saving occurs. Every purchase is a cost for one party and income for the other; both the buyer and the seller feel better off after each willing exchange.
This particular moment in American history seems curiously driven by the soulless and self-centered greed and cruelty of a handful of extraordinarily wealthy men so devoid of emotional sensitivity they are incapable of feeling empathy, curiosity, or awe at the fact of our very existence together for awhile on this lovely little planet.
With cool resolve and sneering superiority they systematically loot our Federal Treasury, sell our national secrets to our enemies, and take away public assistance for food and health care from our most needy families. Similarly they assault and round up tens of thousands of non-citizens regardless of immigration status, beat them, imprison them in unsafe and unsanitary captivity, or “disappear ” them, never to be heard from again.
The Even Worse news of this moment is the growing understanding that our once-noble country has been successfully boarded and taken firmly into the hands of a strain of emotionless, Borg-like human pirates, devoid of empathy, kindness, personal responsibility, or historical perspective. Perhaps they are driven by what my college roommate described as:
“…there are only so many “good deals” in the world; so the more people you can F**k Over, the more good deals will be left for you!
The apparent unifying Project 2025 intention seems to be to convert the former United States of America into a second-rate, armed, “White Christian” police state where women are essentially owned by their “husbands,” required to carry all conceptions to birth, and barred from higher education or employment outside the home. All facts, whether scientific or historical, will have to conform to conservative Biblical interpretation.
Imagine Winston Churchill thoughtfully puffing his cigar while muttering something like, “Noooo…I don’t think so…”
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