With a couple of beer-centric “holidays” falling this past week, I turned my attention to hoppy beverages and their cigar accompaniments. For “New Beer’s Eve” on Monday, I was in the mood for something light and refreshing, still easing out of the indu…
On April 7, 1933, a long national drought finally began to break.After 13 years of Prohibition, Americans could once again legally enjoy beer. Though the failed experiment in prohibition would linger until its full repeal on December 5, the passage of …
On April 7, 1933, a long national drought finally began to break.After 13 years of Prohibition, Americans could once again legally enjoy beer. Though the failed experiment in prohibition would linger until its full repeal on December 5, the passage of …
“He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said.”– Matthew 28:6With these words, spoken by the messenger of God, the reality of the Resurrection was revealed to the world. The empty tomb proclaims that death and sin have been conquered. E…
“He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said.”– Matthew 28:6With these words, spoken by the messenger of God, the reality of the Resurrection was revealed to the world. The empty tomb proclaims that death and sin have been conquered. E…
After a day of fasting and abstinence on Good Friday, I traditionally enjoy a stout and a cigar in the evening. After all, the monastic tradition of sustaining oneself on “liquid bread” during fasts dates back to the Middle Ages.I reached into the cell…
After a day of fasting and abstinence on Good Friday, I traditionally enjoy a stout and a cigar in the evening. After all, the monastic tradition of sustaining oneself on “liquid bread” during fasts dates back to the Middle Ages.I reached into the cell…
I share this moving reflection every year on Good Friday. Still, it never fails to raise the dust levels in the room. LimboThe ancient greyness shifted suddenly and thinned like mist upon the moors before a wind.
An old, old prophet lifted a shin…
I share this moving reflection every year on Good Friday. Still, it never fails to raise the dust levels in the room. LimboThe ancient greyness shifted suddenly and thinned like mist upon the moors before a wind.
An old, old prophet lifted a shin…
I was thinking about the Jimmy Vivino song “Gonna Be 2 of Those Days” this week. The week started with our oven breaking. Then, the same morning the repairman was arriving for that issue, the refrigerator gave up the ghost.The next day after shopping f…
