lummi island wine tasting nov 1-2 ’24
Hours, Nov 1-2 ’24
Our Burning Bush doing its autumn thing
Friday Bread This Week
Pain au Levain – Made with a nice mix of bread flour and freshly milled whole wheat and rye flours. After building the sourdough and mixing the final dough it gets a long cool overnight ferment in the refrigerator. This really allows the flavor to develop in this bread. A great all around bread – $5/loaf
Cinnamon Raisin – Made with a poolish of bread and fresh milled rye flour fermented overnight before mixing with bread flour, freshly milled whole wheat, rolled oats. Some honey for sweetness, a little milk for a tender crumb and loaded with raisins and a healthy dose of cinnamon for a hearty rustic loaf. – $5/loaf
and pastry this week…
Rum Raisin Brioche: A delicious brioche dough full of eggs, butter and sugar. Filled with golden raisins and chunks of almond paste and as if that wasn’t enough, topped with a chocolate glaze before baking. Ooh la la, what’s not to like. I can only make a limited number so be sure to get your order in early. -$5/loaf
Island Bakery has developed a rotation cycle of several dozen breads and pastries. Each Sunday the Bakery emails the week’s bread offering to the mailing list. Orders received before 5 pm Tuesday (and not already claimed) will be available for pickup at the wine shop Friday from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. Contact us at least two weeks before your visit to get on the bread list .
This week’s Wine Tasting
Mas des Bressades Rosé ’21 France $14
Bright and refreshing classic Rhone blend of grenache, syrah, and mourvèdre, with splashes of Carignan and Cinsault; nice flavor balance of bright red fruit, wild herbs, and a vibrant, spicy finish.
Jordanov Vranec ’20 Macedonia $15
Aromas of ripe berries with notes of clove, nutmeg and cardamom. In the mouth it is full bodied with ripe dark fruit and hints of herbs with a noticeable dark chocolate edge on the well-structured finish. Enjoy with cheese, beef, lamb dishes or grilled sausage.
Lancyre Pic St Loup Vielles Vignes ’17 France $18
100 % malbec; unfolds with dark, enchanting notes of blackberry, grilled plum, and jammy raspberry with accents of orange peel, vanilla, and tobacco spice, finishing with balanced structure, plush texture, and a lengthy finish.
Lovo Fior d’Arancio Sparkling Moscato ’18 Italy $15
A very rare clone of Moscato with an unmistakable citrus scent from nearby orange groves makes for a dessert wine with refined bubbles, and a beautiful, pearlescent color.maybe dessert all by itself!
Economics of the Heart: “To Serve Americans”
“To Serve Man,” Twilight Zone episode 1962 (link)
Well, gang, here we are, heading to the OK Corral to fight for a positive future for our nation and our world against the increasingly powerful forces of greed and tyranny. The stakes could not be higher. After 250 years of successfully navigating the perils of foreign and domestic enemies, our nation is putting it all on the line in Tuesday’s election.
Since about 1990, a coalition of wealthy, ego-driven business interests, claiming religious justification, have spent $billions lobbying to undermine our democracy by gaining control of the Supreme Court, the Republican Party, and a majority of State governments. Those forces, with massive cyber assistance from our national enemies China, Russia, Iran, and others managed to get the Tweetster “elected” in 2016, and are aiming this year to take control of the entire federal government– White House, Supreme Court, Senate, and House. Their goal is nothing less than throwing away our Constitution and its troublesome regulations along with civil service, concern about climate change, and anyone who stands in their way.
The model they are following, of course, is that of the Robber Barons of the late 19th century. They will make obedient servants of the overseers they select to manage a subsistence-level existence for the masses, and punish any deviation from their fascist control. They have said so on every page of their Project 2025 handbook.
The best metaphor for understanding what Project 2025 really is and really means is to revisit an old science fiction story from around 1950, by writer Damon White. The story was made into an episode of Twilight Zone back in 1962. The basic plot is that a space-traveling race of 9-ft tall humanoid aliens comes to Earth and willingly shares their advanced technologies to free us from drudgery, scarcity, and worry. The aliens stay around to set us up with carefree lives of plenty before taking off with promises to return.
Perhaps inadvertently they leave behind a book simply called “To Serve Man,” presumably a philosophical treatise on their advanced altruism. An enterprising young woman trained in cryptography translates enough of the book to realize, with some understandable horror, that it is a cookbook!
And so it is with Project 2025. The Heritage Foundation and its partner organizations have been building up to this moment since about 1975, a merger of interests of a very wealthy few, the Birchers, and a carefully cultivated glossy veneer of fundamentalist Christianity. These people see the whole world as as something to mine in evolving displays of their individual power and validity. They threaten our country and all life on our planet.
So: This is not an ordinary election. We must all vote as if our lives depend on the outcome, because they do; vote as if the future of life itself on our planet depends on the outcome, because it does. Violence is likely, so keep your head down. Poll terrorism is likely, so vote early. Election tampering in key states and precincts is likely, so watch for it. And the deck has been heavily stacked against “We, the People,” so be sure to vote and help others to vote.
Fingers crossed……and of course….VOTE!!
and on the philosophical side, some scholarly perspectives on our current situation…
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