FIZZY LIFTING DRINKS – Christmas engages the world in a rousing conspiracy of joy and hope. Growing up with parents who traditionally hosted an after-midnight-mass party, the adult drinks of the time (high-balls) were a fascination for us older kids, to sneak a glass or two during the late hours. Now, with newer forms of liquid offerings, it continues to be a happy tradition celebrating Christmas Eve with family and friends....
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TALES FROM KAUAI – Kalalau – Hiking the Na Pali Coast Kalalau trail and camping at Kalalau beach is perhaps one of the greatest experiences in my life. The trail is notorious as one of the most difficult hikes in the world earning its 9 points out of 10 by the Sierra Club. It’s coveted by many global backpacking travelers. Na Pali...
HARDWARE MAN – Do you need an ax or a pack of tacks? Growing up hanging out with Dad as his ‘side-kid’made for many trips to every Hardware & Supply Store in my hometown area. Naturally this fun kid-experience put a love for hardware stores in me. Not so much the big-box stores, I prefer the old-fashioned...
BARN FIND – The first notes of the Dixieland jazz band hit me before I even reach the entrance gate—a trumpet's bold call answered by the playful chatter of a clarinet. The music seems to breathe life into the entire scene, as if the vintage melodies are summoning the spirits of a bygone era....
VINES IN THE VINEYARD – "Day-colored wine, night-colored wine, wine with purple feet or wine with topaz blood, wine, starry child of earth, wine, smooth as a golden sword, soft as lascivious velvet…”Pablo Neruda. ASSIGNMENT – I’m really enjoying a current photography assignment at Wisdom Oak Winery...
THE WALKING CITY – The rocky nook with hilltops three, Looked eastward from the farms, And twice each day the flowing sea, Took Boston in its arms; The men of yore were stout and poor, And sailed for bread to every shore… Ralph Waldo Emerson....
Vintage Marketing – Recycled timbers, barn beams and antique lumber became our new home back in 1976. My trend-setting Dad de-constructed several old Pennsylvania barns to collect and refurbish every beam and board. It looked like an old-world lumber yard on a few acres of the property with stacks of timber being air-dried for a few years....
Mooknlight Race – Fleshman’s Grain Mill had a quarter mile canal called a ‘race’ which made for perfect ice skating pleasure. Growing up in the country side of Pennsylvania, next to Fleshman’s Old Mill, enchants me with a favorite memory of speeding down the smooth glassy race in the moonlight twilight. Our frozen...