By my watch, it is almost Guinness time on this St. Pat's day 2006.
It will not be in the form of a can...albeit the widget was a "Brilliant" invention...a perfectly poured pint is always best...
A deep dark ray of sunshine.
Slainte!!!!!!
Random thoughts
Recently I had my son install some foam board insulation under the flooring of my mudroom which has been at one time part of the porch outside of the kitchen door. You see, we expanded the kitchen by tearing out the partition that separated it from the small mud room and pantry making for one large entry way in which you could take off your boots and hang your coat. He tore this picture away from the poorly insulated wall. It is from a 1914 newspaper. It is Winston Churchill. The headlines tell of the allied victories taking place in France against the German war machine. Of course this made me think of my father's involvement and eventual p.o.w. status during the second world war. Do we ever stop killing each other and fighting for one cause or one country against another? The answer is, "No." Then I thought of this story from an old Taoist sage; It seems there was a man who came upon a "stinktree" on his property. Looking up to its tangle of leaves and branche...
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i married a guy from Belgium, who took me to Portugal. and i also love me some Guinness, 'cause i'm part Irish (black Irish, too, from what I gather LOL).
hope you had a fantastic St. Patty's!
can you believe i forgot to wear my Heinz pickle pin?! (it's usually the only green i wear, because it's so cute and so weird.)