3 o’clock wall, and the time drags. Want to go for another vineyard walk, get out of the office just for a bit and enjoy air, sniff and sip it as the tourists do wines […]
the ox, trapped in the bottle, and by bottle I mean this blog, and by ox I suggest all I have going on as a writing father of two, wine lover, runner, adjunct english professor, entrepreneur… let’s see, what else do I do….. think that’s it, although if you read I’m sure you’ll find something else; the writing father, writing and wining, running and teaching, blogging; everything in the ox’s life, right here. in. the. bottle. the blog. my books.
Tag: wine industry
Sbragia Zin, a stop
I needed a wine, a Zin actually, that had voice and conviction, command over my sense for sakes of calming, and it was there. This 2013 Sbragia La Promessa Zin. Have had it before but […]
Novel Spacious
And the end of the day. Opened what I believe to be the last of the 2012 wines I made. This one, the ‘New Dad Cuvée’. Can’t tell you how amazing it tastes, notably after […]
Loop Do a True
Frustrated with myself as I wanted to post a piece I wrote about Emma, earlier, but this evening is about a vent, a shelling of sorts. Nothing negative, just that needle-esque candor. Right now on […]
Ainsi, le Vin
Reminded today that wine is about life— a tidal wave of vivacity and expression, music, love, and communication. Lunch with Paul M., sandwich I’d never before had at Dry Creek paired with that Pinot Blanc […]
day’s 3 pages
Pass In being a creative, doubting yourself is death. Plath said in one of her thousands of journal entries that “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” So, no doubting Self. Ever. This is more […]
I am, I am, I think…
Two poems to type. Won’t tonight. Feeling lazy and tired from morning run. 8.5 miles, surprised self— Didn’t expect to go that far. At desk with nightcap, felt like being naughty and I was opening […]
