Ten Degrees and Getting Colder
Cold Sunrise That's just the name of the song written by Gordon Lightfoot. It was actually -13 F when I got up this morning (wind chill -24). Tucson may have pulled back into the lead! There's a lot of weighing pros and cons of Colorado vs Arizona by the wood stove. Not much else to report. I did enjoy a few games of pool and a beer with my brother this week. We don't get together very often, so it's good to try to keep the lines of communication open, especially with my mother celebrating her 86th birthday next month. He lives in Milwaukee and just started semi-retirement. Our opposing politics and lifestyles keep things very casual and surface-level. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's important to find common ground. He and his wife have started going to concerts and recently saw the Steve Miller Band. Music is one of our common interests.
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I couldn't help but wonder what kind of flavoring the worms lend to the cider?
Have you tried making hard cider? I read an "updated" account of Johnny Appleseed that said apples were easy to ferment and Johnny enjoyed tippling. It claimed (rewriting history?) he wasn't that
so much interested in apples as providing a ready source of fermentable juice.
How're the apples' flavor for eating?
LOL!! It's hard to tell if Julia is "enduring" or appreciating the attention. Michelle and I visited a Cat-lounge in Tucson when she came over to visit winter before last. Unfortunately, they only served soft drinks.
Those Amish guys are wearing suspenders! I wonder if they'll catch on w those of us who're dimensionally challenged? Once you have a case of the dunlops...as in "dun lopped ohber d'belt," (that one's courtesy of my Uncle from d'Souf.) they're alot more comfortable than a belt.
Allie looking lovely as ever!
Are you coming to ABQ?
I used to make hard cider with Sierra Nevada beer yeast—what used to be Wyeast 1056. This produced a sweet fermented cider. Wild yeast and many commercial yeasts produce a very dry cider, letting the yeast continue to eat until all of the fermentable sugars are gone. I haven’t made hard cider in a long time because I prefer beer.
Albuquerque is not on our “list” of places, but we will probably pass through in the second week of October. I’ll email you when we get closer to that time.
2nd week of October is Balloon Fiesta. Room prices triple/quadruple. It'd be great to see you! Coronado State Park outside Bernalillo has camping. Isleta casino may allow over-nighters.