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Kids and Marriage

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment


One of the perks of marriage is having someone around to let you know which normal things from your childhood were actually very very weird.

One minute you’re excited that the kids are back in school and then 7 hours later you’re reading about a field trip that costs $140.

My husband excused himself from the table to take a work call. What’s the official waiting period on stealing his fries?

Deodorant was the only item labeled IMPORTANT on the packing list for my daughter’s camping field trip If that doesn’t sum up 3 days in the woods with 200 5th graders I don’t know what does.

I like to send love notes in my husband’s lunch like SORRY THE BREAD IS STALE MAYBE YOU SHOULD LEARN TO SEAL IT BACK WHEN YOU ARE DONE.

7-year-old: I’m so excited for my field trip today. Me: Where are you going? 7: It doesn’t matter. It’s not at school.

We’re at that stage of marriage where I’m basically my husband‘s interpreter.

My son is going on a 4-day field trip with his class. In other words, I paid $435 for peace & quiet. Totally worth it.

Therapist: have you found time for self care this week? Me: I ate the fries out of my husband’s order while driving home alone with dinner. Therapist: *nods approvingly*

My husband says our family will never get a pet but yesterday I walked in on him baby talking the roomba.

My wife might be taking the football season too far. I just got flagged for illegal use of a decorative hand towel.

My husband just came back from the grocery store and forgot milk, bread, eggs, and butter. Don’t worry though, he picked up 3 cases of Sam Adams Oktoberfest, so we’re good.

My mother-in-Law knows exactly where we live, unless there’s a natural disaster and then she’s like: there was a tsunami somewhere in the world, are you alright?

My husband and I aren’t really a showy couple but I just want to acknowledge that today he said I was “unbelievable” (I accidentally locked myself out of the house again).

How would you handle it?

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

what would you be doing?

Complete with Instructions

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

This Verdejo from Rueda has the lightness and purity of its fruit. These old Verdejo vines are true warriors and were, in another life, blended into red bulk wines of the province of Leon. El Petit Bonhomme staked out their pedigree and achieved this mouth-watering wine by nurturing these grapes to their full, lustrous potential.

Pale golden colour with pear and peachy notes on the nose, engaging crisp and vibrant round texture in the palate, citrus and passion-fruit, herbaceous and mineral notes, with an intense powerful finish.

We keep coming back to this one. Try something different to pair it with for supper and you will find new nuances to the wine.  

RUEDA VERDEJO – EL PETIT BONHOMME BLANCO

$17.9913.5% Alcohol

UPC: 08437012278264

mystery case northern Spain Verdejo

Simply Astounding

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

tracks of the black cat

A little local vintage

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Photography Leave a comment

Judgements for Today

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment

Dynamite.  Burned bridges.  Where are the Gurlz?

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

This bunch doesn’t do anything the Traditional Way.  A church was blown up (the dynamite) to loosen the nails … then moved it to the winery.  They’ve burned a few bridges along the way to making world class wines with a great sense of fun.

They were the first Okanagan winery to make all their wines with screw tops.

Iconic location.  Iconic wines for an iconic experience.

Hatfield’s Fuse is a great blend ready to incite good times with fish, chicken or creamy pasta.

36% viognier, 16% orange muscat, 12% chardonnay musque, 9% sauvignon blanc, 8% chardonnay, 7% pinot blanc, 6% pinot gris, 4% gewurztraminer, 2% riesling

$20.00 a bottle is low bribery money to pay to get the Gurlz to come for supper.

Blasted Church mystery case

Almost there

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Photography Leave a comment

A Goldsmith of Words

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Night Train to Lisbon recounts the travels of Swiss Classics instructor Raimund Gregorius as he explores the life of Amadeu de Prado, a Portuguese doctor, during António de Oliveira Salazar’s right-wing dictatorship in Portugal. Prado is a serious thinker whose active mind becomes evident in a series of his notes collected and read by Gregorius.

A chance encounter with a Portuguese woman on a bridge, followed by picking up a book in a bookstore, lead to questioning everything in the protagonist’s life.

Quit his job, hopped a train and began to explore.  This is the tale of two men, Gregorius, a Classics teacher who has hidden away from life in the realm of scholarship and Amadeu de Prado, a brilliant, passionate man, a doctor who became a member of the resistance to the government of Salazar in 20th century Portugal.

“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.”

You’ll stop many times during your read, and sit and think about what’s going on around you. 

Night Train to Lisbon, by Pascal Mercier,  Barbara Harshav (Translator), was also made into a movie starring Jeremy Irons.

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802143976

Refined Intensity

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The ‘Vigna Pedale’ Castel del Monte Riserva DOCG di Torrevento is a bold wine, multi-award-winning by international critics for its original, elegant and extraordinarily harmonious presentation.

The Hills of the Castel del Monte DOCG area – Pedale area of southern Italy is where this Nero di Troia grape flourishes.  A deep ruby red with garnet hints.  Its INTENSE on the nose and very full on the palate.

BBQ styled meats work really well or serve up some aged cheeses and classic cold cuts. As we get into Fall this will be ideal with a roast.  I’d  even serve it with a fish based dish.

Vigna Pedale Castel del Monte DOCG Red Riserva

$19.99

13.5 % alcohol

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