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Fear not, those of you who may be wondering what the heck I’m doing with all this fiction stuff! I have wine notes for you as well. Last night’s tasting at JavaMonkey was “Spicy Reds,” a cousin to the ever-popular “Big Ass Reds” that Jess likes to pull out during cold weather. I have to …
“Did you say that was flash fiction or flesh fiction?” Hubby asked earlier. I told him flash fiction. So sorry to disappoint… Here is my Friday Flash piece for the week. This one is for all those kids who took crap for being afraid of clowns. Tears of a Clown Charlie stood on the bottom …
One of the things I loved about eating out in Belgium is that when you reserve a table, you reserve a table. You are seated when you arrive, the maitre’d whisks away the little stand with the card that has a script-printed “Réservé” on it, and for the rest of the evening, that’s your table. …
Twitter has a great community of writers. On Fridays, many of us post “flash fiction,” or stories of one thousand words or less. You can read others by searching the #fridayflash tag on Twitter. All Expenses Paid “Now pay attention, y’all.” The flight attendant held up the demo seatbelt and buckle. “We’re going near the …
Yes, it’s a plethora of tasting notes this week! My New Year’s Resolution was to drink more European wines, but after going to California in February and the Pacific Northwest in June, I haven’t been good at keeping it. Like with other resolutions, temptation got in the way of follow-through. So thanks, Jess, for helping …
I’ll post tasting notes from the JavaMonkey Italian wine tasting later this weekend. Meanwhile, here’s the Friday Flash for this week (search tag #fridayflash on Twitter to read others’ contributions): EULA October, 2010 “The top ten things a guy can do that will be hazardous to his health: Number One – try to separate a …
One of the best things about being into wine is the people you meet and get to hang out with. Sometimes these people will even step up and drink wine for you if you’re away (like Dan) or they’ll take notes and send them even after moving all the way across the country. Hence the …
On Friday, writers on Twitter post links to stories of less than 1000 words, and some of them are really clever. You can find them by searching the hashtag #FridayFlash. This one has been knocking around my head for a couple of weeks. Gee, I wonder why. Sideswiped by Jesus Am I what? Sane? Oh, …
This week’s blog posts were a little delayed because we were running around on Friday getting ready to go to Montgomery for the wedding of one of Hubby’s high school friends on Saturday. Normally I don’t like going to Montgomery. I survived four years of college there, and just in case you were wondering how …
My first week back at work full-time after my surgery felt longer than it was. By the time I got to the Thursday night tasting at JavaMonkey, I was exhausted. Thank goodness for wine! The theme of this tasting was Chilean wines, and five of the six came from Odfjell Winery, which is located in …