October 2008 - Season of Plenty

Apple harvest craziness

November 20, 2017October 28, 2008

I am glad to report that I am finally done processing the 250 pounds of apples that Dekalb and I picked a week before my birthday. (I am sure that Dekalb would like me to note here that they were all free or he wouldn’t have found any thrill at all in harvesting them.) This is what 250 pounds of … Read more

Beer that I could drink

October 2, 2008

I like the taste of a good beer but, going down, the alcohol feels like musketballs dropping into my stomach. So I’m stuck drinking Guiness Kaliber (0.50%), which is really quite good — like drinking pumpernickel bread — but not offered at many bars. The New York Times had an article a while back about a new trend of low-alcohol … Read more