Today is the shortest day, or if you prefer, the longest night, of the year, the Winter Solstice. And, for the first time in a very long time, I have a Saturday with nowhere to go and nothing pressing to do (the reason for this is not so great, which I will come to shortly,Continue reading “Brothers”
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You Can’t Judge a Wine By Its Label?
Just as you can’t judge a book by its cover, I have always believed that you can’t judge a wine by its label. Granted, wine labels contain quite a bit of useful information, such as the Brand Name, the country and region the wine comes from, the vintage, the grape used, the name of theContinue reading “You Can’t Judge a Wine By Its Label?”
The VINYL CAFE Revisited
I know that I said in a post not too long ago something to the effect that life is just too short to read the same book twice. I hereby amend this. Upon reflection I have come to believe that maybe life is too short not to read the same book twice, sometimes. To spend some time with characters that have, over time, become so familiar they are like old friends, can be soul restoring. That is why one evening about two weeks ago I took Stuart McLean’s Home from the VINYL CAFE from my bookshelf and began reading it again. I finished it the following evening, and started in on VINYL CAFE UNPLUGGED. Over the next ten or twelve days I finished this book, Stories from the VINYL CAFE, Extreme VINYL CAFE, and Christmas at the VINYL CAFE.
The Silver Spoon and Vefa’s Kitchen
“No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.” – Julia Child As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I began my foray into more adventurous cooking with the purchase of two cook books for fifty cents each from my local library’s sale room. These books were, The Silver Spoon, “the bible ofContinue reading “The Silver Spoon and Vefa’s Kitchen”
Top 10 List of Books That I would Read a Second Time
You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it. – John Barton I have often read favorite books more then once. Who Has Seen the Wind by W. O. Mitchell, I read twice; Stephen King’s The Stand, I read three times; The Razor’s Edge by W.Continue reading “Top 10 List of Books That I would Read a Second Time”
On Books and Food
I have always loved books. I have vague recollections from early childhood of being read to and never wanting it to stop. I recall taking books in my hands and pretending to read them, speaking the story aloud, as best I could, from memory. The first book I remember reading on my own was aContinue reading “On Books and Food”
Life, Lunch, and Literature 