Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, you say? Notice that it’s only the pursuit of happiness we’re guaranteed, not the finding or attainment. In the 1940 film The Blue Bird (starring Shirley Temple, speaking of drinks), the bird in…
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Cosmic Cocktails | Libra | Tip the Scales
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Or, rather, don’t–your local Libra wouldn’t like that very much. It’s no surprise that with a set of scales as a symbol, Libra is the Sun sign of balance. Equity. Justice. When you consider that Libra is also our second…
Written in the Stars
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Destiny? Fate? An excuse for every human foible? That, my friends, are just some of the things folks find when they gaze up at the night sky. Me? I have perhaps more than the average interest in astrology but I…
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forest
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When contemplating this week’s letter, the first thing to come to mind was Frangelico–the wonderful hazelnut liqueur that comes in a bottle shaped like a Franciscan monk, complete with a rope belt. But a single ingredient a cocktail does not…
50 Shots of America–New Mexico
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Because for the 47th state, OLD Mexico just wouldn’t do… (mostly because of it’s being a separate country and all…) ~~~oOo~~~ With a name like New Mexico, it’s not dangerous to assume that the Land of Enchantment once belonged to…
50 Shots of America–Minnesota
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Minnesota may well be the North Star State and the Land of 10.000 Lakes (actually 11,842–that just doesn’t roll off the tongue as easy) but after reading up on our 32nd state I’m more inclined to think of it as…