Hyperdecanting
Wine tossed by a blender? Isn’t that a sacrilege? Maybe, but it sure tastes better.
The Barn
Advice from Prison
My prison correspondent, Leonard Pickard, advises me on animal matters: Remove cat first! (if you dare)
OCEAN BEACH AFTER THE STORM
After a bird was nearly slaughtered by our house cat, I walk to the beach and reconsider a beautiful Richard Wilbur poem.
Lamb’s Quarters
Last night the owner of this establishment informed me that this weekend he and his girlfriend are going to go to Napa to acquire a lamb. This is not just any lamb, it’s a lamb chosen for its grass-tending abilities rather than its tasty legs. Actually they are going to wander among the pregnant ewes … Lamb’s Quarters