N.A. Anaya's Brew - Geburtsag IPA

Color: Hazy roan

Nose: Deep, musky multi-faceted hops

A manly malted intro

Full bodied Pacific Jade middle

Remiss finish

8.5

Great IPA Nate; fix the finish, and it's a 10!

Shipyard IPA

Color: Golden amber

Nose: Metallic hoppy scent

Watered down first with flavor that begins to climb, but fades to a tangy finish

3

Sam Adams - Lattitude 48 IPA

Color: Golden amber

Nose: Fruited wheat; hints of hops...

Mellow wheat flavored first taste

Pilsneresque musky middle

Faint hoppy finish

4.5

My Veselija

"It is very imprudent, it is tragic - but, ah, it is so beautiful! Bit by bit these poor people have given up everything else; but to this they cling with all the power of their souls- they can not give up the veselia! To do that would mean, not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat - and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going. The veselia has come down to them from a far off time; and the meaning of it was that one might dwell within the cave and gaze upon shadows provided only that once in his lifetime he could break his chains, and feel his wings, and behold the sun;" -The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

Pedaling high up into mountain roads is my veselija.

The Acorns Are Dropping

An unknown hurler launched a missile across my path
It bounced softly on last years leaves
A torrential downpour timed to the slightest breeze
Oaken forest precipitates progeny and laughs

With Humility and Pride...

It makes sense that the House Speaker make the following statement as a prelude to this historic piece of legislation: “It is with great humility and with great pride that we tonight will make history for our country and progress for the American people,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said just before the vote. “We will be joining those who established Social Security, Medicare and now, tonight, health care for all Americans.”

Catherds

With the patience of a cat shepherd, or catherd, if you will. Waiting, coaxing, calling, corralling, and repeating. Courage flits in to plug the unknown cracks in the ship where fear seeps in. Fluid yes, but far less visible than water. More gaseous, and noxious to the soul. In the dark holds of the ship, courage battles to remain afloat, and atop the main mast, temperance keeps the deck hands from burning, and looking into the sun. The catherds Temperance and Courage save the troubled, tempted mind.

Beware the hobby that eats.

The animals of the world are becoming stranger

This was inspired by a giraffe in the San Diego Zoo that was euthanized, and a story of frogs who are mutating because of pollution.

The animals of the world are becoming stranger

Diverging from the mean, and man is more the same

The crooked necked giraffe was never laughing,

Gaze at his Orthogonal mottled dusty mane

Savannah dreams, He died alone in shambles,

in the zoo, He died alone in shame

Let Okapi please exist without your knowing

Throughout the forests they fall like unheard trees

All the crippled, mangled deformed creatures

Cohabitated and conserved by concerned pleas

Croak in wetlands, and continue changing

Diminishing covariance of hominoids and animalia

While man grows more the same

Gourd shaped tortoise gene mutation

Two-toned lobster dualistic aberrations

The animals of the world are becoming stranger

Title & Purpose

"You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne." - Miguel De Cervantes

This quote is the inspiration of this blog. It is my fireside, as humble as it my be, let it shed light on my search for veritas.

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean...

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. -Lord Byron

When I went home for Christmas, I drove through the neighborhood where I grew up. They tore down my elementary school and my junior high. My Grandparents are growing old and feeble. It's daunting to think how limited my time on earth is, and that someday the very foundations of the shelters that seemed so permanent will be no more than a memory.