Today, another sleeping-cat Sunday from the archives of Arlo & Janis. And more about wine. Prohibition understandably was hard on vintners. Many vineyards ripped out vines of grapes more suitable for wine and replaced them with grapes good for eating or for juices and jams, such as Concord grapes. This practically destroyed a long-established wine industry in the Ozarks and in New York. These regions relied heavily upon “my” grape, the Norton, said to be the only native North American grape that will produce a decent dry wine. Just now are the Norton wines really coming back in Missouri and Arkansas. My favorite prohibition story, true or not, is about desperate grape growers who would ship their produce to consumers with instructions such as, “Do not mash these grapes into juice, add yeast and store for several months in a cool dark place. It will turn into wine!”
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I’ve been on the receiving end of this; they’ve simplified it for us dummies since I learned it on an actual dummy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxjxfB4zNk
Note that 999 is the UK’s version of the US’s 911.
The best work we ever did was Gounod’s “The Seven Last Words Of Christ” on this Good Friday. I sang the Soprano role. I was really moved and was hard put to control my voice
Thanks TR, enjoyed that video – it would be helpful if everyone received those simple instructions. I plan to post it on my Facebook page!
Good morning, Villagers: I awoke to a poem forming in my brain:
From our the burning asphalt
As from the spreading snow
The Road now rises near me
God calls me and I go.
My thighs spread inspiration
Blood fizzes in my veins.
For all this exultation,
Who cares for any pains?
The morning spreads before me
I see the Sun’s broad face
I feel its rays adorn me
It’s I alone I race.
And when I cross the finish
and I, perspiring, sway,
None else can this diminish.
Begin again, today!
Yes Ghost, do post the video! And the reason I haven’t responded to your query about the glitter body spray is that I haven’t thought of a really good riposte yet, but the truth is I was a regular attendee at Dragon*Con for a number of years, and costuming (while not being a slave Leia) is always a fun thing to do. 😉
The last formal singing I did was in my high school chorus, where I was a contralto. Not a very good one, perhaps, but it was fun. The rest of my musical career has been mostly singing lullabies or singing with the radio.
Llee mentioned Dave Brubeck. Most often when Brubeck is thought of people think of Take Five, but this is also a great piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GgmGLPbWU
Good poem, Susie 🙂
No one has mentioned the California earthquake, a 6.0. Well north of San Fran although they say they did have some effects. Although it was shallow the area between the center and San Fran is mostly water so that may have helped. If you have to pick a time for an earthquake 3:20 on Sunday morning is a good time. No deaths reported so far. For the last few months the number of quakes worldwide greater than 2.5 has gone way way down. Let’s hope that this was the big one.
A slightly different “Turkish rondo”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geER3iQDO5k
Not a dumb band link, Munchkin.
I’m not a runner, but your dawn poem seems to capture what I’ve heard described. Nice job! The news I saw said that three were critically injured and almost 100 injured. Apparently the evaluation of the magnitude of the quake has been bouncing between 6.0 and 6.1. Looks like some damage, fires, etc. but nothing horrific. Maybe that is the big one for a while.
Thanks, David and Llee! 😀 Church is done and brunch is over. We have a nice peaceful Sunday afternoon ahead of us.
Nice poem Lilyblack. Here’s a little music appropriate to your comment about a peaceful Sunday afternoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLgyGxBsL1U
Good afternoon Villagers…….
It is done, finished, polished, and the big “F” bomb was dropped last night in the hen house. Nothing, and I mean nothing, comes out alive. The first wave of new 20 week old pullets arrive tonight at 10:00ish….some 79,900 new ‘clucks’ will be in-house by Tuesday night. I have to count the number of hens in each cage to make sure there are 5 in the top three tiers, and 4 in the bottom tier….PETA stepped in…..the hen house was designed to hold 100,000 hens, but Boss man said yesterday that PETA decided that some pea sized brain bird needs more room….I sort of agree….it does get crowded….
Lily…I really liked your poem, nice.
tag…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4XQFSG2XR0
GR 😉
@ Mark…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-r209RPsvQ
All: Life affirming item.
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/24/coffee-shop-on-honor-system-works-in-north-dakota
Valley City is no longer close to on my way anywhere, but this won’t hurt their tourist trade.
Peace, emb
Thanks, Debbe! 😀
Jean…did you ever get a sound system in your truck? My radio antenna is broke off now…not like there is anything worth listening to on FM….but anyway, I started dragging out some old cassettes……an old friend from ’89 copied to cassette McCartney’s world tour…I sure have been enjoying the old music.
And what’s unique, is it is not like the studio recordings. Like Jerry was saying several days ago…you pay all that money, and you don’t want to hear what you bought on record….
Been able to pull up some of them on U tube…………..
enjoy…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkoFdUrNTpw
Heh, those of us that don’t have or don’t have access to car radio or CD players don’t sweat any of that.
But…Lily…I still have a fall back…CASSETTE PLAYER…….
….and I do have a lot of cassettes 🙂
Don’t have one of those, either, Debbe. My MG has this cool smooth plate where you are supposed to install the radio, and The Boss Of My Life doesn’t allow the radio on while she is driving or being driven in The Silver Monster, AKA the Suburban. I do have my iPod for long car trips etc.
On the subject of cars, does anybody know why in California there have been several attempts to ban black cars? I know they try to ban sugar, plastic bags, etc.
Lily….CA is going to fall into the Pacific Ocean…..they don’t want to clean up…..
and in the end….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7BegrjW9bs
So, Lily, what time is Marquita Ville? I just know you have heard of Jimmy Buffet’s song….”Marqueita Ville”…please tell me you have….or I’ll post it…. 🙂
Sure I’ve heard it. I was even invited to a Jimmy Buffett concert once. Turned it down … long story.
Margarita Time AKA Cocktail Hour is at 8:00 PM, or otherwise if dictated by the whim ot The Boss Of My Life. As she has often told me, “If you start drinking before seven, you’ll be crying by nine.”
FYI Lilyblack, in answer to your question about California trying to ban black cars: http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/darkcars.asp
This website is very good to check the truth of internet rumors, etc.
Lily…no truer words have been spoken….been there, done that… and still do it 🙂