I prefer my bourbon neat. However I do put together the occasional cocktail, especially when my wife wants to join me. After several days and evenings with very busy, and late, schedules we looked forward to a relaxing Sunday afternoon. The Virginia we…
The search for hard-to-find bourbon in Virginia is a challenge. The State controls the sale of distilled beverages through their own distribution system and retail stores, known as the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (VA ABC). It’s a huge…
Quafftide: Noun. Time for a drink, especially an alcoholic one. Circa 1582. Source: Words and Phrases from the Past.Cheers!
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It’s the weekend. Enjoy.Cheers!
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This is not the story I had planned to tell. Instead, I have a different story to relate. Pull up a chair. I have not attempted to shoot any sanctioned IDPA matches since 2019, limiting my time to the occasional local match. In the year following …
What seems to be the never-ending streak of a wet and cool spring offered a small reprieve Tuesday evening. The sun was not totally clouded over so I grabbed a cigar and bourbon to enjoy after dinner on the porch. That evening’s smoke was a long-t…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
