Archive for February, 2025

Buffy the Vampire Slayer as comfort food

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Feb 12th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Buffy as an antidote to all of this



Revisiting my Music Collection – The LA Maybe

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Feb 12th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

What’s in all these folders in my music directory?



A Vieux Carré, a Cigar, and a Quiet Sunday Evening

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Feb 11th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Sunday afternoons are our time to relax, reflect on the past week, and prepare for the one ahead. It’s still not quite warm enough outside for Sunday afternoon cocktails on the deck, accompanied by a cigar, but the “apéritif” tradition continues. Since…



Saint José Sánchez del Río: A Martyr’s Faithful Witness

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Feb 10th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Today, February 10, marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint José Sánchez del Río. On this day in 1928, a 14-year-old boy was executed by Mexican government forces for refusing to renounce his Catholic faith during the Cristero War. This period …



Sunday Links #6

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Feb 9th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Bits and Bobs that caught my attention this week



Revisiting my Music Collection – The Knees

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Feb 9th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

What’s in all these folders in my music directory?



Sunset, Smoke, and a Sip: Le Carême Pastelitos & Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Feb 8th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Mother nature is teasing with brief interludes of pleasant weather — between reminders that it is still winter. During a recent afternoon that hinted at spring, I reached for a Crowned Heads Le Carême Pastelitos LE 2023 for a quick smoke. Seeking a mil…



Revisiting my Music Collection – The Heyday

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Feb 8th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

What’s in all these folders in my music directory?



Revisiting my Music Collection – The Highballers

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Feb 8th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

What’s in all these folders in my music directory?



Road Trip Relaxation: Cigars, Coffee, and Good Company

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Feb 7th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

My wife had an appointment in Winchester, VA, recently and asked if I’d make the two-hour drive with her. Since there’s a cigar lounge in town that I follow on social media, I had an extra incentive to play chauffeur for the day. (Of course, her asking…