Monthly Archives: April 2008

Regroup — Time Goes By

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 21, 2008

Received this info in an email today from Liz Ditz… after I read it, I clicked through and took the survey. Ronni Bennett writes “Time Goes By — what it’s really like to get older.” She is conducting a survey on the universe of bloggers over 50 (“elderbloggers”). “The goal,” she says, “is to find [...]

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War on terroir – part two

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 20, 2008

While I wrote the preceding bit, trying to unravel the puzzle of one company’s bankruptcy and another’s purchase of their assets (including a “brand” or two) and just what that means for the people who make the wine, the cyber-vintners of Stormhoek were sharing info online at least two different ways: On twitter this morning [...]

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War on terroir

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 19, 2008

Before I put the plug in the jug I was a big California wine fan. I liked French wines too, but they weren’t as affordable as the local stuff. Francis had some cabernet sauvignon vines just off Niebaum Lane near the intersection of 29 and 128 in the Napa Valley where we picked our grapes. [...]

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At Obama Rally in Philly

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 18, 2008

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } At obama rally in Philly, originally uploaded by baratunde. This picture gives me hope that Obama will pull it off in Pennsylvania…

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handful of haiku

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 18, 2008

Bill Meloney has posted some sweet images on his poetry site, 2Voices.   Here is one of my favorites: tucked into wheel wells perched on dry all terrain tires sparrows watch the rain

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Good energy…

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 17, 2008

Always something to listen to at the tapers section… Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds. It’s windy out there! [tags]banana seat, spurs, wind at my back[/tags]

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The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 17, 2008

The plains abound with three kinds of partridge,* two of which are as large as hen pheasants. Their destroyer, a small and pretty fox, was also singularly numerous; in the course of the day we could not have seen less than forty or fifty. They were generally near their earths, but the dogs killed one. [...]

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Nepal

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 16, 2008

Election day in Nepal was April 10 and while the votes are still being counted, the Maoists are winning by a landslide. [tags]nepal, prachanda, king gyanendra, end of monarchy[/tags]

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