Curations from the Human Jungle
[I find it ironic that the publisher of this story chose to illustrate it with the national flag of Guyana, because I doubt that the singing tribe would have recognized the government, or vice versa. Somewhat of a moot point since Grandpa may have fabricated the tribe any way. I found the story charming and... Continue Reading →
[Is there a bottle of gin in our liquor closet? Yes. How long has it been there? Since early summer. SB Sandy and I are gin lovers, but not gin drinkers. Sandy is good for one martini per decade, but we both enjoy a crackling gin & tonic on a warm summer evening. Liquid Bewitchment... Continue Reading →
Gin-ecdotes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7U9uHl0Zc Liquid Bewitchment Gin Drinking in England, 1700–1850 By James Brown Part 2 Seminaries of Mischief: Gin Shops Like other novel intoxicants, gin created an entirely new species of urban space organised around its sale and consumption . As cocoa spawned the chocolate house, coffee the coffeehouse, opium the opium den, and tea the tearoom and tea... Continue Reading →
[Gin-ecdote: The article following is from the Public Domain Review. It's a really engaging piece of scholarship that is, alas, a bit too long for the attention span of your average simian. Therefore I am publishing in five more digestible chunks. Each will be preceded by a brief gin-ecdote, an hors d'oeuvre to your daily... Continue Reading →
1972 was a year that started out with such promise. Bradford College, both my wife Laura's alma mater and employer, announced a new program specializing in urban studies. They recruited and hired a Director who spent a few months formulating the curriculum. What he came up with is that the one-year program would be based... Continue Reading →