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Will This Thing Start?

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • May 17th, 2023 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I’ve been trying to get back to posting with some regularity. Obviously, that has not been successful. It’s not that I haven’t been penning posts. I have been drafting Musings fairly regularly. I never committed to publishing them, and soon they s…



Thanksgiving "Digestive": Blanton’s and Crowned Heads

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Nov 25th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We ate our first Thanksgiving dinner early, around 1:00pm. This allowed a break before dessert, and then a second dinner later in the day. The Thanksgiving feast is too good to eat just once. (And of course, we enjoy turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sau…



A Bourbon and A Smoke to Kick Off the Holiday

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Nov 24th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The past week saw an abrupt change in the weather, with very cold temperatures coming in suddenly. While not bitterly cold, the quick switch from warmer temps made the change all the more jarring. Thankfully, the weather returned to more “seasonable” t…



Sanner’s Lake IDPA

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Nov 15th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The stars, planets, and my schedule, aligned this month and I was able to once again shoot the monthly IDPA match at Sanner’s Lake in Lexington Park, MD. It was March 2020 when I last attended this fun match. I headed out before dawn to meet my travel …



Smoking on the Danube

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Nov 8th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Last month we enjoyed seven day cruise on the Danube River that included ports of call in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. It was an amazing experience with beautiful sights, amazing food, and fun people. The conversations with people who lived…



Warming Up On A Cool Fall Evening

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Nov 1st, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

One a recent cool fall evening I broke out the only A. Smith Bowman whiskey I’ve not previously tried, at least to my memory, the Isaac Bowman Port Barrel Finished Bourbon. This lapse despite living local and even working next door to the distillery fo…



A Beautiful Fall Day For IDPA

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Oct 29th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After a little over a month “off” from any matches, I made it to the October match at the Cavalier Rifle and Pistol Club on Montpelier. The morning was cool, and I grabbed a pair of light gloves on the way out the door. I was thankful I did, though the…



It’s Been a Minute

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Oct 28th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I recently received an email from a reader making note of my absence from posting. My web browser landing pages set to these Musings, so I am constantly made well-aware of the stale post. Rest assured reader, I am still here. The break has been by desi…



Fratello and Maker’s Mark Bottle Kill

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 10th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Ah, those bittersweet moments. I was perusing my whiskey cabinet for something to pair with the evening cigar and spied the bottle of Maker’s Mark Cask Strength hiding in the back row. As I lifted the bottle I started thinking it was empty. But, lo and…



At Long Last, Shooting Again

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 7th, 2022 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I almost forgot this blog existed. Not really, I just took a long break. I’ve also been quite inactive in the shooting sports. After some seven months off from any range time, I finally made it to an IDPA match a couple weeks ago. The occasion was the …