October 2017 – Over Forty Witticisms'

Dog Envy

I think that I have always been a cat person with dog envy. Perhaps I lack the level of commitment required to be a dog a person.

Darkly fruity flavor and oak combine to create this smooth Malbec, perfect for sipping slowly on a cool, Autumn evening. I like to taste the wine before I read the label so as not to be influenced. The oak makes its presence known immediately followed by blackberry and dark cherry. If you have not yetContinue reading “Saturday Night Malbec”

Friday Night Chardonnay

Hello all! I’m asking you to take your taste buds on a trip to New Zealand with this Friday Night Chardonnay pick, Kim Crawford Chardonnay. This little lovely fits my favorite buttery flavor profile to a T, even though this wine is listed on the Kim Crawford website as unoaked. I know what I haveContinue reading “Friday Night Chardonnay”

Nocturnal Creatures

I am an insomniac, always have been. I credit this with my writer-ly beginnings. As a child, after my sister and I–who shared bunk beds, she in the top bunk and me in the bottom–performed our nightly monster check, she would drift off to sleep, while I laid wide-eyed staring at the springs on the undersideContinue reading “Nocturnal Creatures”

Kitten Therapy

When I am holding one of these little guys all of my worries simply fade away.

Saturday Night Red Blend!

Then I read the wine is produced in France. Quelle Surprise! I thought it was Californian all the way.

Friday Night Chardonnay!

That’s not just any oak you have been spending time in Idaba!

Dementia Wars

I have had to change my perspective on Dementia in order to deal with this situation. When Mom is sitting with the other residents during activity time, I listen to her having her own repetitive conversation, even while her friends try to engage her in theirs. It reminds me of the group therapy scenes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Friday Night Chardonnay!

Hello all! At some point in your blogging life you come to realize where your talent lies and mine as 83,000 views would dictate is finding the best buttery chardonnay on the market at a fair price. Let’s face it, we chard-lovers love the butter, we crave the oak, and we do not care forContinue reading “Friday Night Chardonnay!”