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Darkness in a Bottle

Solstice Stout

Ooh, I like the title of this post, it sounds like a noir film.  But really it’s all about very, very dark stout all bottled up.  As I bottled this I had a taste and I think this is going

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Now We’re Cooking with Jaggery!

Kolhapuri jaggery

“Can I help you sir?” asked the young man at the Indian/Himalayan market.  Big smile, hands wrung together, plastic sandals.  Already I was thinking the answer was probably ‘no’. “Do you have any jaggery?” I asked. Now his smile was

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Yoda and Coffee Go Together Like…

Number Two chewing Yoda 2

Just you wait to see how they go together.  Patience.  Let’s start with The Boy, aka Number Two, riding his bicycle around with a rubber Yoda hanging out of his mouth.  Why does he do this?  Perhaps he’s teething except

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Litte Miss-chief

Picture 999 When I see this smile, I know she is doing something verboten and will likely make a run for it.  I should start doing this at work:  when someone asks me to do something I don’t like, I’ll

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