Fifth advent beer segment means it’s going fast

Twenty beers sampled, four to go. I texted terrific daughter Elisabeth that this year’s advent beer present has gone by in a flash. This four featured another day in which Elisabeth and George Three decided that my dear wife Karen and I should have different beers to try. Mine was the Golden Nectar; she had…

It felt like winter already

You know, it doesn’t officially become winter until this day of Dec. 21. I caught this image out our front door during the first snowfall, come mid-November. Late for these parts, even. The seasonal distinctions with fall and winter do blur here.

They can get along

My terrific daughter Elisabeth texted from Florida this example of gators and long-necked birds not caring that park people threw them together and charged admission so regular folk could admire how they got along. Yeah, I do wonder if this happens so peacefully outside the gates, too, or is a bit more fretful come dinner…

A local beer adds cheer to Advent group four

When I texted terrific daughter Elisabeth to inform her about how much dear wife Karen and I both enjoyed Good Natured Blonde to start off our fourth batch of four samplings in our Advent Beer gifts, she delivered some surprising news. It’s a local beer, brewed in the adjacent Madison County. In Hamilton, to be…

Watch out for that spinning

It wasn’t the height, my daughter texted me with two photos from Florida. It was the spinning. Yes. I related. These are the exact type of amusement park rides her father has been avoiding for decades now, I reminded her. We do not do well with motions like this, I said. Remember the patches we…

Now that’s a princess

My terrific daughter Elisabeth reported from Disney that characters no longer can mingle directly with visitors. So she posed with Princess Jasmine socially distanced. Oh, our world. Glad to keep our beloved figures and loved ones alike safe.

Something special happened in Florida

The text and photo came a few days into my terrific daughter Elisabeth and George Three’s winter getaway to Florida. He asked. She accepted. Happy. Happy. Happy. Status will change from sensational significant to son-in-law. Joy. Joy. Joy. Oh, you may be hearing more about this journey. You think?