“If she could see herself the way I do.” Fourth Estate Pinot Noir 2015
I turned down Poppleton Avenue and I was delighted to see that the trees were in bloom. Different people have, over time, told me different things regarding the varietal of […]
Monthly Archives: April 2018
“Gone Fishin'” Buehler Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
I didn’t realize it until the query was raised, but the last time I went fishing was in 2012, over Labor Day weekend. For a kid who grew up spending […]
“Coming to my senses.” Meadowcroft Riesling 2015
Sonja and I had postponed our dinner at V. Mertz, our favorite restaurant, for another week. My birthday, long since passed sans pomp, sans circumstance, there was no sense of […]
“In a year.”
It’s utterly amazing to me how many milestones one hits in a year, how much goes by, how easy it is to take it all for granted. Yesterday, I was […]
The wine cellar chronicles, part VII: “Earthquake Security”
Three or four days ago, on April 19, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit North Platte, Nebraska (you can almost hear my readers in California roll their eyes, can’t you?). When […]
“To my daughter on her first birthday:”
Dear Zooey, You turned one year old today, or, at least, we celebrated that milestone, today being a Saturday and your actual birthday being on a Tuesday. Before you get […]
“I miss my nose.”
It’s Friday, early afternoon, and I’m prostrate in bed, wheezing, aching, coughing, and sniffling. This, perhaps by way of apology for my prolonged hiatus from blogging, though believe me I […]
“Aging, sans grace” or “Review: Best Choice Daytime Cold & Flu Relief, N.V.”
I’ve been publishing more poetry lately, something I used to thrive on and enjoy, yet somewhere along the line stopped doing for a spell. This year, I’ve published seven or […]
“Hitting the wall.” LaStoria Block 303 Zinfandel 2016
Ten years ago, I helped to put on a conference in Kigali, Rwanda, for the first time. It was intense, with many of the logistics being handled on the fly, […]
“Our First VinNEBRASKA”
Over the weekend, I’ve been helping in my small way to orchestrate a massive, important tradition here in Omaha called VinNEBRASKA, a two-night charity event the proceeds from which benefit […]
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