Napa or Bust
July 12, 2024, Friday — Napa or bust. That was my mantra yesterday with a long drive ahead of me to deliver “Oak and Vines” to Paraduxx Winery in Napa County. In Yountville, to be precise. Which is along the Silverado Wine Trail in the Stag’s Leap region. Right below Rector Reservoir to get even […]
Hollyhock, Fertility Flower
July 9, 2024, Tuesday — Hollyhock, fertility flower. Ahh, it makes total sense. Erect stalks shooting skyward, the flowers exploding open, sequentially, one per day till they reach the sky. This flower is like Fourth of July only much more sensible! With the added benefit that hollyhocks are also known to attract abundance and happiness, […]
Who Loves Mustard?
July 6, 2024, Saturday — Who Loves Mustard? Who doesn’t love mustard is probably a better question. I worked another six hours today on mustard. Inside temp 109F. That’s giving it out for mustard! Who loves mustard? All for the mustard!! Okay, that was a little wild and crazy. But not the working conditions anymore. […]
Volcanic Night at Costco
July 5, 2024, Friday — Volcanic night at Costco. Yep, I’m rockin’ it with my nightlife. Good times. Got me some coffee, tomato sauce, olive oil, grass-fed hamburger, bison brats, bone broth, asparagus, yogurt, raspberries, everything organic, well, except for the Tillamook sharp and the avos. Seems like I bought something extravagant… ah, yes, Mexican […]
Napa Valley Golden Hour—SOLD
July 3, 2024, Wednesday — Napa Valley golden hour. Yep, that’s me repeating myself. And it really is quite something to behold, this golden hour moment that is ticklish pink as it turns out. Here’s the description I wrote about it for the painting called Vineyard Enchantment. Vineyard Enchantment, oil on canvas by Lauren Forcella: […]
A True Artistic Soul
Muff (left) and my mom, Barbara (right), circa 1939. Outlaws from the beginning.
Rock around the Hollyhock Clock
July 1, 2024, Monday — Rock around the Hollyhock clock! The Hollyhock Rock clock in this case. It’s worth rocking out on, according to experts and PhDs in hollyhock rocking. Move over Macarena! And it’s available around the clock, as the name implies. No more annoying wait times and tricky calendaring. So, ladies and gentlemen, […]
Scenic Maui Beachfront SOLD!
June 30, 2024, Sunday — Scenic Maui Beachfront SOLD! Indeed, this actually happened last Thursday, June whatever that was. Today is Sunday so I’ll let you do the math. Poor Maui, I’m still traumatized over the fire in Lahaina, but nothing like the locals must still be. So don’t worry, not selling prime beachfront property, […]
24 Karat Thoughts
Dec 19, 2022, Mon — Headaches are my Achilles heel. And ever since I woke up the morning of leaving on that aforementioned jet plane of my last blog, I have had a non-stop headache. From a kink in my neck that I woke up with and which I can’t seem to resolve. Including with […]
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Dec 15, 2022 Thurs — Apparently a million people have signed on to chatGPT since it started 5 days ago, crashing the site. Hmm… what does a real human write about? Versus a chat bot? And how can we distinguish the two? (Woe unto high school and college teachers.) Mine will be evident because of its […]