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Go to your Happy Place

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment


You don’t even have to leave home.  Close your eyes and envision it.  This is your mind’s eye.


You could roughly translate koselig (pronounced “koosh-lee”), as “coziness,” but that leaves out crucial components of it, like enjoying the company of others and a connection with nature. There’s no direct English translation, but there are regional equivalents such as the Swedish “mys,” the Dutch “gezelligheid” and the most well-known of these, the Danish “hygge.” (pronounced “hoo-gah”)


Here’s one book on it

books happiness hygge

Learning from the Past

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The Spanish Civil War – Antony Beevor

Our Oriental Heritage, Will Durant, 0-671-54800-X

The NEW Golden Bough, Theodor H Gaster

Inside Asia, John Gunter, 

Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger, 0-671-51099-1

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Mix n Match

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The Tuscan Table – A celebration of friends, family, food, and wine, Cucina Viansa, Vicki Sebastiani


A Siberian Encounter, Gala Servadio,


Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, 9-781451-648539


Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks, 9-780676-9797794

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Catalogues, Walking Treks, Wine History

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Fall 1900 Sears Consumer’s Guide  0-695-80204-6


The Places in Between, Rory Stewart, 978-0-14-305330-9

(walking trek through Afghanistan)


Phylloxera: How wine was saved for the world, Christy Campbell, 0-00-7111536-9

(thanks Frank)

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Sources for many musings

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Hannibal, Ernle Bradford, ISBN 0-88029-667-4


A Life on the Road, Charles Kuralt, ISBN 0-399-13488-3


A Place for Us, Eleni’s Children in America, Nicholas Cage, 0-395-45517-0


Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres, 0-7493-9754-3

Birds without Wings, Louis de Bernieres, 0-676-97694-8


Mongols, Huns and Vikings, Hugh Kennedy, 1-552-78281-6


Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, Justin Kaplin


Witness to A Century, Encounters with the Noted, the Notorious and 3 SOBs, George Seldes 345-33181-8


Dinner with Persphone, Patricia Storace, 0-679-74478-9


Pieces of my mind, Andrew A Rooney, 0-689-11492


Peter Gzowski, The Private Voice, 0-7710-3749-X

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Gaining a better Understanding

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

World History of the Dance; Curt Sachs, ISBN 0-393-00209-8 (including abdominal dance)


A history of the world in 6 glasses; Tom Standaage, ISBN 0-385-66087-1


Isadora A Sensational Life; Peter Kurth ISBN 0-316-50726-1


The Elements of Style; Struck Jr and White, ISBN 0-02-418200-1 [should probably pay extension to this again – it’s been a few years]


The  Day the  Universe Changed; James Burke, ISBN 0-316-11706-4 [companion to the BBC Series]


Connections; James Burke, ISBN 0-316-11681-5 [companion to the BBC Series]


Paris 1919; Margaret MacMillan, ISBN 0-375-50826-0


Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam


30,000 Years of Art The Story of Human Creativity across time and Space; Phaidon,ISBN 978-0-7148-4789-4


The Cretan Runner; George Psychoundakis,  ISBN 960-226-013-0

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