Canadian Pacific Ballet gala, Hedy and Brent Thompson doing tango
A little slow blues
To be very clear
By another name
A wonderful dinner of lamb chops. Asparagus. Boil Potatoes with mint in lemon water with a wonderful accompaniment.
Perhaps the greatest wines in the Chianti area are the Brunello wines, which are also made from Sangiovese. These wines are much bolder, richer, and more similar to the best of California Cabs.
While the red wines in Chianti are the most recognizable in Central Italy, the “Super Tuscan” wines get the most attention from critics.
The wines of Central Italy are big in flavor and popularity. This area is known for blending the most famous Italian grape Sangiovese with Cabernet Sauvignon, the most famous grape from France.
The cult-following “Super Tuscans” and the robust Brunello wines also come from this area, as well as the very fine Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
Sangiovese is the most famous grape from Italy, and its home in Chianti is the focus of Central Italy. This classic style is much less fruity than the red wines of California and a little bit lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon.
The quality of Central Italy’s less expensive wines is getting better all the time and some especially great values can be found in the wines of Chianti Classico.
ROSSO DI TORGIANO – LUNGAROTTI RUBESCO 2017
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I’m a Rat!
In the Chinese Zodiac
Find out who you are:
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/
If you are an Ox, this is your year:
This year is going to be lucky and also perfect to focus on relationships, whether we are talking about friendships or love. In the Chinese Zodiac, the Ox is very hardworking and methodical. 2021 is going to be a year when work will get rewarded, and those zodiac signs who are lucky in terms of money this year will be the ones that will make a considerable effort. The Yin energy, specific to the Chinese zodiac sign of Ox, will be quite poignant. This is going to be a year when we will fully feel the weight of our responsibilities, a year when it is necessary to double our efforts to accomplish anything at all. The Yin energy, specific to the Chinese zodiac sign of Ox, will be quite poignant. This is going to be a year when we will fully feel the weight of our responsibilities, a year when it is necessary to double our efforts to accomplish anything at all. Since this is a Metal year, for the second successive year, the color of 2021 is going to be white.
Besides white, the lucky colours of the Ox are: yellow and green, colours that, in Feng Shui, attract prosperity and success. To increase your luck, wear metal accessories.
This year, no explosive or catastrophic events will occur, so it is a favorable year for economic recovery or consolidation, a year of long-term investments (especially for creating a reserve stock for the coming unproductive years). The Metal Ox year is also great for making order in the family life. After all, if the family life is peaceful, everything gets solved! Thus, 2021 is a year when all the problems get solved with discipline. A lot of discipline! Obviously, with an extra effort from us in organizing our time.
Let’s all celebrate yet another New Year. The big day will be February 12th.
Ideas worth sharing
Listening to Ted … and Rosemary and Clyde and Brian and others.
Go at your own pace and pick your own topics. TED has talks on everything from personal growth to social change to health and nature to the environment.
If you haven’t been here for a while, it’s time you refreshed your interests.
https://www.ted.com
History Lessons
The Fall of Khrushchev – William Hyland and Richard W. Shryock
The Persian Letters, Montesquieu (have two copies)
Tales of the West, Bret Harte, 0-517-05289-x
Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn, 0-06-013914-5
Human Smoke, Beginnings of WW II, the end of Civilization, Nicholson Baker, 978-1-4165-7246-6
Word Power
Mix and Matches from the Past
Mountain, Mississippi Queen – with the late Leslie West
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbP4qf8PjfI
Mr Bo Jangles – The Late Jerry Jeff Walker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-2GeZFDdc
Johnny Nash – I can see clearly now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FscIgtDJFXg
Helen Reddy – I am Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rptW7zOPX2E
Mac Davis – Don’t get hooked on me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZwiIiWBx24
the Temptations (including Bruce Williamson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHVKb2j6rfc
Peter Green – Fleetwood Mac – Go your own way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4
Bonnie Pointer Pointer Sisters – so excited
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iwBM_YB1sE
Bill Withers – Ain’t no sunshine