More Beers with the same Book

Abita's "Abbey Ale", Avery Brewing's "duganA", Terrapin's "So Fresh & So Green,Green" and He'Brew's "Hop Manna IPA" all helped me read Game Of Thrones. Now ready for A Clash Of Kings.

Guest Blogger: Melian Moonstar's Dream

mom & i went to a huge grocery store and we had a cart and there was a big stage where Adam Duritz was performing...mom waved & said "hi" to him, and he started playing for her...he played the song that goes on about how nobody loves him...we went on shopping and then we sat at the cafe where the band was playing...i made a sandwich as Adam played, mom was screaming the whole time...i was calm, just making my sandwich...i am just smiling and making my sandwich...mom is screaming and adam is playing just for her...

showering thoughts

i want to paint the patterns
that appear
from behind my pressed
eyelids

writing while driving

fear is not necessary
a calm focus/ a sense of purpose
doing the best that i can/let go of negativity
i am moving out of the stress
re-establishing self esteem

stop the romance already-NO PROFIT
throw the I Ching
stand tall and proud-YOGA

Two Beers & A Book

Finally reading Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin after all this time! This first volume was published in 1996. The reading is going slowly due to my ridiculous work schedule, but these two DuClaw brews certainly make it smooth. "Double Black Lightning"; an American black ale, and "X-1" which is an Imperial chocolate porter. Brewery located in Abingdon, MD.

poem

and this is why i drove home
this way
this 
wedge of geese
flying from the open sky on the left
across the black tree limb sky
on the right, and on
on and on

Guest Blogger: Kay's Dream

Sandi and I were shopping for Christmas gifts for each other when we happened upon a shop in Manassas that was full of occult items. Things from different religions and cultures were everywhere. We fit right in there. There were colored feather necklaces that invoked the things you wanted in life and statues and medicinal herbs everywhere.

Books Read 2012

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Why Animals Matter by Erin Williams & Margo DeMello, 2007
Sea Of Slaughter by Farley Mowat, 1984
The Walking Dead: Volume 1,2,3 & 4
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson, 2005
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson, 2006
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, 1993
How I Learned To Snap by Kirk Read, 2005
Valencia by Michelle Tea, 2000
Solstice by Joyce Carol Oates, 1985
A Mask For The General by Lisa Goldstein, 1987
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, 1968 (re-read)
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville, 2007
Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young, 2012
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice, 2012
Embassytown by China Mieville, 2011
Railsea by China Mieville, 2012
Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy, 2012
The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams, 2012
The Wind Through The Keyhole by Stephen King, 2012