The Hooverville Hexagon: In Our Backyards

 

I said 'email me' and they did. They showed me things. Now we'll show you.

 

Your Daily Warning That

Halloween Is Coming

by Sho

Are cross-eyed jack-o-lanterns easier to run away from?

 

 

A Conversation About

Country Music &

Wine

DG, FWR

In my continuing effort to educate FWR on the difference between real country music and poseurs, I sent him a link to a song by John Prine called Knockin' on Your Screen Door. I said: No hats. No sequins. No fake nostalgia. Just the real thing. And no, I didn't know you could make wine from sweet potatoes, either. I wouldn't know how to try.

FWR agreed to listen to more John Prine and added: I've heard Angel from Montgomery by him. Will listen to some more.

I presume sweet potato wine would be a similar method to carrot or turnip wine. (Just checked – yup, it is.) Tried them last year, both taste like Madeira or a light sweet sherry. Not my fave but an interesting experiment.

The secret to finding good country music: ask somebody with the right
background. The secret to finding good wine: ask a well-travelled connoisseur and winemaker like FWR.

How did he know about carrot wine? He's made his own. When you see that Thingwall label, you know it's FWR.

Today's Virtual Tour:

Paulh: Autumn Comes to

the Trailer Park

You will like this. You might even discover a new (to you) plant.

Today's Moment of Seasonal Beauty

by Tavaron

When the leaves are this colour, you know what time it is.

Today's Featured Sunrise

by Paigetheoracle

 

I was talking to someone I know down Crawl Park, when in amongst the clouds and blue sky, I saw a host of golden retrievers – no, skip that, I saw this over his shoulder and headed up the hill to get this shot. Frosts over the last few days and now this and it's milder.

 

Quote of the Day

Data indicates that between 59 and 75 percent of people never read past the headline, so it's particularly important that journalists try to, you know, avoid lying in the headline.

Karl Bode in his article about the non-existent flying car that, if it did exist, would 'kill oodles of people.'

cucu,

 Dmitri Gheorgheni, Editor