The Education of a Reluctant Whisky Drinker
“The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.” ~ Winston Churchill
In Latin it is aqua vitae. In Gaelic it is uisge beatha. Both have the same meaning: the water of life. Over the centuries the mispronunciation of uisge beatha (oosh’-ge ba’) gradually morphed into the word now known the world over as whisky, specifically, Scotch whisky. Continue reading
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer
Take one down
Pass it around
98 bottles of beer on the wall
Road trips in the US are as much de rigueur today as they were when my grandparents loaded everything they owned onto their car and drove all the way from Oklahoma to Oregon to escape the Dust Bowl. They fell out of fashion during the heyday of the cheap airline ticket in the 80’s and 90’s, but since the days of heightened airport security and airlines charging extra for just about everything the road trip has come back into its own. You haven’t lived until you’ve been confined to the backseat of the family car for a few days with your siblings and actually sung “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” all the way to the last bottle.
When it comes to road trips it is my firm belief that people fall into one of two categories: conquerors and explorers. Continue reading
An American Wife in Wiltshire 