Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
You know what is weird? I write these posts weekly but because of that my mind frames the passage of time in thirds of a month. So today is the eleventh which means we are in the second-third. Freaky, right? I can’t figure out if it slows or speeds the pace but with this messy … Continue reading “The Mid-January Blues 2023…Errr… 2024 Edition Of The Beery News Notes”
That’s that. Eleven months in the books. Tomorrow? The true Yuletide madness really begins. But before we get all holly jolly, the news in brews this week has not be uplifting. I was surprised last week how much positivity there was. As you will see below, this has not lingered if my reading is to … Continue reading “The Uncertainty Abounds As Yuletide Looms Edition Of The Beery News Notes”
“…Poop Damn Crap Poop Poopy Crap…” November. Frig. I never understood why April was the cruellest month when there’s November just a few pages further on in the calendar. What’s so wrong with stirring those “dull roots with spring rain” anyway? Beats the hell out of the prospect of week after week of avoiding frost … Continue reading “The Clocks Are Changing The Clocks Are Changing Edition Of The Beery News Notes”
It’s a very busy week. A good tiring busy week. Old pals are coming this weekend. Family visitors left yesterday. And a really tough bit of business negotiations at work Tuesday and Wednesday. Summer. Folk on the move. Including me. Which leaves me tired. But I am bouyed by some of the great beer reading … Continue reading “The Absolutely Last No Doubt About It Beery News Notes Of July 2023”
What a week. I spend the week’s few forecasted dry sunny hours on Tuesday evening hands on knees with this newly acquired handy friend indeed clearing out a patch invaded by raspberries and catnip about seven by ten foot to move some of the tomato plants into. I wanted to lay down and weep by … Continue reading “This Week’s Beery News Notes Are Fraught With All That A Thursday Might Entail”
It’s been a week. Four out of seven days on the road, driving in a car for about 21 hours. No time for blogging much. The upside? Rhubarb ginger ice cream at the fabulous Slickers of Bloomfield in Prince Edward County, our nearby wine growing region of Ontario. Downside? Highway 401 from Halton to Kitchener … Continue reading “Your Thursday Beery Beer Notes For When He Hardly Makes Any Real Effort”
Here we are. Mid-May and… the tomatoes have had to been covered and stuck in the shed for two nights. It was +0.7C Wednesday at 6 am and -1.0C on Thursday at about the same time. Lordy. BTW, I’ve hit 60 (as I have mentioned a number of times) so I plan to say “Lordy” … Continue reading “Your Beery News Notes For Another Week Filled With Frosty Risks”
OK, I turned 60 on Tuesday. I am in my seventh decade. Just like that. Snap. Me, I am not that shocked and appauled by the prospect of time’s sands slipping so easily though my shaking fingers – but I also face the reality that I… began blogging twenty years ago this week, too. On … Continue reading “The Thursday Beery News Notes For A Few Big Numbers”
Well, after 3 years and three weeks or so it was bound to happen. Got’s da ‘vid. Just in time for the four day Easter break followed by a week off. Drag. Good thing I planned to do nothing. So, this might be a very short edition of the old news notes. We’ll see how … Continue reading “The Week When The Thursday Beery News Notes Finally Go Viral”
Well, that wasn’t too bad of a winter, was it. Was it? A time for reflection and relaxation. And winning prizes apparently. This was posted on the Facebook page for my near neighbours MacKinnon Brother’s Brewing who explained how their farm and brewery operation took the gold cup… or the blue ribbon… or red the … Continue reading “The Middlie-March Endie-O’Winter Thursday Beery News Notes”