Advent beers, Part IV

I knew I was getting toward the end of my basket ‘o beers from Elisabeth when a mere four remained on the left side of the basket. And there were 24 when I began on Dec. 1. My how one a day went by quickly when I was having so much fun.

Advent Beers, Part III

Here’s the third batch of the beers I enjoyed one per night from my terrific daughter Elisabeth and George’s Advent Christmas present. Happy New Year’s Event. I hope everybody is staying safe and well as we ring in the end of this 2020 and prepare to welcome in 2021.

Add a little heat and it does smell like the season

My terrific daughter Elisabeth sent a text shortly before my dear wife Karen’s birthday asking what she might like for her birthday. Fall-scented candles, I discovered. Yet that didn’t satisfy the present-hunting itch for my daughter. Later came a question about a device that melted wax. No, I had not heard of it. She texted…

A road worth taking

So sometime in December I got a text from my dear wife Karen asking me which Bruce Springsteen song was my favorite. Thought so, she answered to my reply. At home, she told me she’d been talking about the Boss with co-workers. Cool. Then I opened holiday presents and unrolled this poster. She spotted it…

Now we can picture this perfect Hawaiian spot

Kona Family Reunion gift-giving continued: The kids gave us a nice frame and shots of the four of us at the breath-taking Hilo lookout. It was the closest she could find to the four of us together, my terrific daughter joked. Yeah, we gotta work on that next trip. But this will do very well,…

The Hawaiian theme makes us quite happy

Elisabeth and George Three came in from the car lugging some hot gifts for my dear wife Karen and I this holiday season. Our Family Reunion week in Kona will forever tie us in the greatest of ways. The kids obviously knew how much the old man loved Wailua Wheat. They went online to find…

Getting it right for that first apartment

My dear wife Karen came away from our visit to the kids’ first apartment together with the perfect idea for a gift. We’d used artisan Kym to create a nice wall hanging for A Bitty Better, and my wonderful daughter Elisabeth and her sensational significant George Three had expressed their admiration for the result. And…

The Stubbs sauce on the ribs was perfect

I knew it was a great gift from my wonderful daughter Elisabeth. The ribs on the grill proved it. I chose the Stubbs sauce from the array of bottles given to me by she and George Three, and my dear wife Karen soaked them up good before I got them on the new Weber grill…