You Might Be Married to a Homebrewer If:

  • Throwing out certain empty beer bottles is a crime.
  • You have kettles large enough for small children to bathe in.
  • You have corny kegs scattered about your house.
  • One of the first five questions you ask people is their favorite style of beer. (It’s even better if you can reply: I have that on tap.)
  • The beer mugs (most of them) are stored in the freezer.

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Bread never tasted better

Bread, it's a simple food and this time was no exception. I was in my late teens or early twenties. I'd spent a weekend with a group of teenagers, I was worn out. There was leftover bread and butter from a meal. I agreed to bring it home so it would not go to waste.

I walked in the door, after dropping four of the teens off. I was worn out and plopped into the recliner. Without even thinking I'd brought this bread and butter with me. After about thirty minutes of not wanting to move my stomach started to rumble.

I opened the bag with the now room temperature bread and butter. I used the bread and scrapped up butter. I told myself I'd eat a few slices then put it away.

That didn't happen. I ate the entire loaf. It tasted amazing. It had a perfect level of salt from the butter and sweet from the bread. It was the best tasting bread I've ever had. Even over two decades later I still haven't had any bread that ever tasted better.

I don't know if it was the fact that I was exhausted, or there was something special about that loaf of bread or the butter, but it has never been repeated. Even two weeks later with the exact same ingredients. I've wondered if my exhaustion and hunger had something to do with this. I have no proof but believe it played a factor.

Have you ever eaten something unforgettable? Tell me about it in the comments.

 

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A Hot Cup Of Tea To End The Day

Tea, wait you all know I drink coffee but tea. Yes, I drink tea. I have to have my caffeine in the morning or when I get up. (No I'm not always awake in the morning.) After a long day of chaos, (more on that later.) I love to end my day with a cup of hot tea. There is a soothing property in tea that coffee just doesn't have. There is something about the steam rising from the mug as the water and tea join to form this cup of relaxation. No, I'm not giving up coffee, that would be sacrilege but why can't I enjoy both beverages at different times of day.

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Pizza and a wheelchair

Many years ago I was working my way through college. who didn’t in the 90’s? I was working at a pizza place. It was late and I was trying to close things down so I could go home, I’d been there all day, yes I had opened that day.

This one night stuck with me as did the last call I took. My delivery driver had just left for the night since we were closing in five minutes, and the last thing I wanted to do was deliver a pizza myself. The man on the phone was staying in a motel a few miles away, I tried to convince him that to come pick up the pizza, even offering a discount. The caller explained he was in a wheelchair, I sighed. I’m sure he heard the sigh but I did deliver that pizza and threw in a few drinks to go along with it, not to mention the paper plates and napkins. When I arrived he was sitting there in a wheelchair.Continue reading

Fighting Spirit

When a friend showed me Shadow Eagle by Andrei Kope, I knew I had found the artist that could bring an image of the American Bald Eagle to life and give him Fighting Spirit.

Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit (Artwork by Andrei Kope)

I commissioned Andrei Kope to create the piece of the American bald eagle with a flag and I’m definitely not Continue reading