Stop your Wine-ing

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I’ve just read about prisoners making wine out of fruit cocktail and stale bread.  As gross as that sounds, it got me thinking about the origin of wine.  Was wine an accident of old grapes and bread.  Did a house servant of yesteryear noticed the chickens staggering around and singing off-key after devouring last night’s table scraps?  Did that servant then think, hey, I’d like to do that?

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A Christmas Boat Parade

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[weaver_youtube //youtu.be/Vem_BfEgeUw sd=0 percent=100 ratio=.5625 center=1 rel=0 https=0 privacy=0 showinfo=0] (Play back Full Screen at 720p for maximum pleasure) This past Christmas, I was invited to the San Rafael Christmas boat parade. I had watched it from the shore once in the past as I love the lights and the mood it sets, but this time I had a chance to be part of it on one of the boats.

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