• Notty Problems: Even Leaving Doesn't Solve Them

    Crossing The Unspoken Divide

    “Here’s a Health to the Company,” The Chieftains: Celebration Well, here’s to us all. The beermaking kit finally arrived (actually, it had to be reordered, the original was lost by the Tibetan Postal Service) In looking over the instructions, they seem pretty straightforward, so we probably won’t kill anybody with our first batch. And Scott, the engineer-boot wearing bass from church, has offered his able assistance with “getting the baby’s head wet.” He brought over some of his own homebrew last summer, most of which was quite, quite tasty. Me, I’m hoping eventually for a batch of Black Raspberry Hefeweissen,…

  • Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    Incense and Peppermints

    What’s On the AOL Tuner: Andreas Vollenweider: Cosmopoly That’s nice, hadn’t heard any of old Andreas’ music in a long time. I used to listen to one of his first albums a lot years ago in Seattle. They were talking on ::NPR this morning about it being the 40th anniversary of the Surgeon General’s report that advised us all that smoking is bad for us. I wonder if incense counts as second-hand smoke? It sure set off the sniffling and coughing, and it makes my throat tight – not a good thing if you’re trying to sing.