I was awoken this morning by something you don’t want to be woken by: the pungent stench of fresh skunk. Had it been sleeping on my pillow? I couldn’t sleep so I wandered into the living room and it was stronger. Just as bad in the kitchen. Outside to feed the chickens: skunk smell. Back in the house it was EVEN STRONGER. Let me create the odor for you: a skunk eats ten whole cloves of garlic, burrows into the crawlspace of the house, and explodes. The kids and I suffered through breakfast and when my wife came out I asked how she could stand the smell. “What smell?” She wasn’t kidding. Maybe it’s like not being able to smell cyanide. She should count herself lucky.
How about some dancing dolls to liven your Monday? I present Miss Emily Bennett, who will stand with her arms up and very…slowly…spin around while Katy Perry belts out some dance anthems.
Note the rapt ponies and unicorns and pegahorns, the spotlights, and the coordinated outfit. If this sounds boring I can assure you it was a blast, mostly because Child Harbat had such pride in the stage, the costumes, and the music. We watched about five performances before I cried ‘uncle’. Yaaaaaayyyyyy!!!
Finally, a new beer that’s hippity hoppity damn tasty: the Blossom Wheat. It starts out smooth and gentle, then notes of citrus and honey go pitter patter over your tastebuds, and it concludes with a rich bloom of orange blossom sweetness. It’s a palette of balanced flavors with a bouquet at the end that makes you smile. Make no mistake, this is a beer for beer fans, but takes a different path from Quadruple Imperial IPAs that club you over the head with hop bitterness and alcohol. I finished one in about five minutes just because I couldn’t stop taking sips and savoring. If you ever strolled through an orange orchard in springtime, with a warm breeze caressing the white starry flowers and the leaves shining in the sun, this is the beer you’d have in your hand.
Writer, architect, father, husband.
Hey…what was the skunk smell?? I know someone close by who plans to replace her refrigerator because of a continuing horrid smell. No…the smell hasn’t actually been identified as emanating from the refrigerator!!