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Former President-for-Life of Bonny Doon Vyd., Grape breeder/vigneron, Unregenerate seeker of vinous and vitaceous beauty, yea-sayer (The Language of Yes), Popelouchumstah. Rather discouraged at present by the Vox populi.
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Sunday inspiration… John Lewis never folded. Neither will we. They want our light out. Keep it blazing.

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Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

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Bought a new Mac yesterday, à ritual that occurs every 5-7 years or so. The data from the old computer is transferred to the new one, a process which always fills me with a bit of anxiety. Not quite as fraught as a papal conclave but not entirely dissimilar either.

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Taking Umbriage.

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"I'll let you know in a few weeks" is a familiar mantra.

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Wasn’t she a little slow in figuring this out?

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BREAKING: The FBI has arrested a judge who helped migrants avoid ICE. This judge is a hero. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...

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youtu.be/8lVTon6r4_Y?.... I know I can’t afford this but at the very least, I’m thrilled that Citroen is returning (at long last) to form. This car appears cool beyond cool.

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I just learned from my vineyard foreman, Javier, how to differentiate male and female fava plants (The males produce abundant suckers and not a lot of viable pods).

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Harvesting favas at Popelouchum this morning

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This was taken a month ago and the beans are now almost ready to harvest. Could pick some today to roast - the aphids haven't yet discovered them - or wait another week till they're a little bit bigger and use them for the world's most amazing dip.

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Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸 Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮

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Trump is following a mandate of devaluing everyone and everything of merit.

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This

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Prodigious Nebbiolo at Popelouchum. Who says that basal buds don’t bear fruit?

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Attempted a virtuous dinner of broccoli. But then had to conclude with anti-broccoli, which was chocolate ice cream.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

I just adore this label and the spirit that animates it.

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In any other time in American history, 1/10th of this scandal would be the end of a presidency. But this is just like a day that ends in Y. This is our life now.

submitted 9 days ago • 108 comments

He is utterly predictable in this regard

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!!!!!

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I guess 3:30 am is still a little early for a vineyard visit.

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It’s not quite prime strawberry season but I’m thrilled with the first strawberry ice cream of the season made from local fruit. After a great deal of experimenting, I’ve found that gentle roasting with balsamic is the way to go and don’t spare the cream.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Incredibly poignant and powerful line.

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Man proposes, Triple A disposes. #automotiveproblemsthismorning

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Schlepping wine this afternoon. That is to say, essaying to insinuate a fine artisanal product into the arteries of commerce.

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This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.

submitted 13 days ago • 227 comments

Trump is talking about shuttering publications and networks he disagrees with. He's talking about deporting and imprisoning Americans who dissent. This is unprecedented and undemocratic. Wake up America.

submitted 13 days ago • 353 comments

A lovely Spring day at Popelouchum

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Busy day today, delivering a trunk full of cuttings to the vineyard for an ambitious grafting project

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Meeting this morning with the Ag Commissioner. Always feels a little bit like getting called into the Vice Principal’s office.

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Never met a scam he didn’t like.

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He's manufacturing chaos because he has nothing to offer. No vision. No ideas. No interest in building anything. Just tearing down what others have built.

submitted 14 days ago • 796 comments

My latest at @msnbc.com: "Every member of Congress, like the nation as a whole, faces a binary choice: It’s Trump or the Constitution. We can have one or the other but not both."

submitted 15 days ago • 124 comments

When you add Chartreuse to your ice cream, it lowers the freezing point, slowing down the process. #patiencegrasshopper

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Two of the few things in which I can still believe.

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Sunday puzzle dispatched rather too quickly, I'm afraid. I've put off household chores too long; time to face the music. #cleaning #laundry #etc.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Spent much of the afternoon sifting through Ruthie, my late mom’s papers and photos. She left a number of notebooks with sketches of episodes of her life. Ruthie’s life-force was indomitable.

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Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.   That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy. If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?

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I absolutely adore quince, but at least in my mind, there was not a vast repertoire of ways to prepare same. I recently was gifted w/ a jar of Morabah ye-Beh (quince jam), which utterly blew my mind. Imagine quince spiced with cardamom, allspice, cloves, cinnamon and rose water.

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