impromptu road trip on the vernal equinox

 went to Haymarket Museum to see the Thoroughfare Exhibit, but found the museum closed! the brewery i had planned to visit after would not yet be open, and i did not want to go back home so...ROAD TRIP! very randomly drove until i headed for Marshall to visit Red Truck Bakery. got a Guinness cake & focaccia. then, headed to Berryville to visit new brewery Chilly Hollow. enjoyed that very much, especially the part where i drove along side the Shenandoah. on the drive home, stopped by Quattro Goombas and had another good time. beautiful. fun day. 2 kestral, 1 hawk, 2 Merganser ducks.

 omg my shoulders are so tight, no matter how many heavy sighs i heave it is still there this awful tension this fear this anger this hope

remembering why i try to do this

 two ring-neck pheasants, two robins, a vulture and many crows. warm but windy, quintessential pre-Spring. visit to Ocelot, delightful. home, trying to woo Greylin-cat into letting me pet him, so close. remember the beauty even while experiencing the horror.

enjoyed the warm weather by battling the wisteria in the front yard yet again. made progress, but bled for it! 

 a satisfying day off. visit to Ocelot, music, reading and enjoying the Spring-like weather.

clear skies

the Moon and Mars, Pollux and Castor.

 on the drive to work, a blue heron spotted! very exciting, so lovely.

 beautiful rain almost all day. alas, work today, but a few good encounters with people.

 low-key day of reading and doing some small tasks

dream segment

 there are spotted lantern flies in each of my houseplants, as i walk by each plant, the flies descend to the floor, i am horrified and plan to circle back to somehow get rid of them

having a rough day today. self-loathing and fear. the wind has lessened some, and it is again cold.

crocus are blooming

 the day has moved into heavy wind & i have the woodstove blazing and the kitchen door open & i am reading and trying to find some sort of peace of mind.

 work then Eleven Eleven date with Kay. very wonderful.

 two pheasant one hawk drive to Vanish brewery

negatives & positives

unable to focus at all this morning. but hey!! two kestral drive to work.

Spring Fever

 panther did NOT want me to leave for work today, she even followed me to the door. i felt awful closing that door behind me. -----back home now, and so glad to be with them again. Pollux and Castor over Mars in the western sky. beautiful night.

 i dreamed of Rhiannon. it was so wonderful to feel her fur again, and see her face, see that tail wag.

not your average "one-hawk" drive

saw a hawk today so gorgeous it made my jaw drop. rust red head, throat and chest plumage. medium sized. just lovely.

 had to work the early "tag" shift today, but at least with melissa!! we finished early, so got cleared to leave. done and done. went to the library to pick up my requests. got home and just enjoyed myself reading, stacking firewood and being with my cats. a couple of great beers.

 all day reading, all day woodstove and cats. made an amazing dinner. gave up on everything at 8:30 p.m. took two melatonin and went to bed. read some more until they kicked in.

 bringing firewood in during light morning snow. two hawk drive to work. kaylie!! excellent conversation with odessa right before closing. home to cats and a warm fire with a good beer.

so far a good day off

 library visits, brewery visit, pet food store visit. received a delivery of firewood. text conversations with a few friends. some reading.

at least for now

the Sun still rises and the Moon still dances. the happiness and the dread hold each other closely.

gusting winds

the Moonrise tonight was/is stunning and centering and gorgeous. today at work we were all just ready for a nap. it is good to be home with cats and woodstove. soon, to read.

 a difficult day, didn't know whether to vomit or cry, or both. the rain was most welcome. at least i worked with melissa.

 woke today to beautiful skies and abject horror. the universe is fine but the USA government is not.

Venus shining bright

wake up early to Panther yelling for treats. once disbursed, back to bed for a couple more hours. nice cozy sleeping. went to do laundry and got some candles and savory pastries (took some to kaylie) and back home to read. fantastic day off.

unsettled awakening

if i am able to make it through this work day, i am finally off tomorrow. but oh, how very much i do not want to go in today. 

filling the bird feeder just now brought me the peacefulness i have been sorely in need of all day.

Just Say No to light pollution

 the Full Moon in Leo providing a delightful illumination to the snowfall which unfortunately also includes the blaring of That Fucking Streetlight, may it one day explode.

I am trying

 read the news, cut & split some firewood, made a salad to take to work. how many hawks will i see on the drive?

UPDATE: one hawk

 one kestrel one hawk drive to work. home to cat greetings, a good beer and warm fire.

 re-reading Hiding In Plain Sight by Sarah Kendzior

 had a wonderful text-conversation with elian about her further education plans. needed the positivity and excitement, so proud.

 ice on trees bushes everything all across the yard and up the mountain, shining clear and full of magic. afternoon brings warmer temperatures, and the glittering diamonds fall.

 split some firewood before the rain forecast to come tonight. then on to work. glad to see melissa, glad to be with kaylie and maria. we make it through.

52 degrees

 felt stodgy today. did a lot of reading, but no doing of tasks. finally just made myself get dressed and go out, i went to Great Mane brewery. they had a black IPA!! two hawk one kestral drive. gorgeous sunset!!! home to more reading, and a much better mind-set.

new scent profile

 warm shower all eucalyptus sea salt tea tree oil mint brings a peacefulness. two hawk, one kestral drive to work.

one Kestral, one Red-Tail Hawk

 day off from work!! doing things (slowly)!! WAIT i just heard a Hawk fly over "skreeee", so 2 hawks. *adding something here now* hey yeah, did the recycling and then my taxes. gonna get a fire going in the woodstove now, and then make a pizza. did some reading, will do more later. feel as good as one can be in these circumstances. *addition* Moon and Venus showing off in the Western sky right now.

Waxing Crescent Moon

 rain rain rain, beautiful cleansing rain. all day. then amazingly thick patches of fog driving home from work!

we did the best we could

 two hawk drive to work. rick was on fire today, and really had me laughing. kaylie is my rock. good fire in the woodstove, good beer from Adroit theory, good cats.

New Moon

 in Aquarius. i am handling things better today, well that is to say "not in a full on panic". get some stuff done before work. first half of the work day is a weirdness parade.

today's good things

 library visit, beer lunch with Lora, warmer weather, visit to"doggie delights" to get quality cat treats, split firewood and get the woodstove going, then reading

Not Today

unable to get my shit together whatsoever. unable to handle any of this horror show. crying on the way to work, crying at work. thanks to melissa & kaylie i am able to ride it out. (p.s. i did see three hawks on the drive!)

stayed in bed until almost 11 a.m., low energy day. work was a drag. but!!! did see three of my favorite customer/friends, so there's that. ah, we did the best we could.

"The Shape I'm In"

 i did two out of four tasks today, good not great. not going to beat myself up about this in light of the world's status, going to settle and relax into warmth, cats & reading, with a beer. but ohhhh, it hit me hard to read of Garth Hudson's death. the last member of The Band still alive!!

 Tyga and Panther both wanted to go outside today, albeit for a short time. But i too felt the difference in the air, and welcomed it.

a quick glimpse of the Moon before cloud cover moved in, before going in to work.....getting to see Kay, and hugging them forever and crying on their shoulder, then going for tacos & nachos!!.....driving home after doing some errands and seeing the sun setting beneath cloud cover in the embrace of the mountain, a bright vermilion glow held close by the Blue Ridge

 Moonrise tangerine glow, waning Crescent in Libra, viewed through the trees. A deep exhale and release of tension.

dream segment

 standing with Odessa and another woman, when a man walks over closer to O. and says, "so you realize that i have been staring at you with intent to kill" (paraphrasing here). immediately i begin to move in between them as he gets closer to her. i gradually get right in his face, looking in his eyes unflinchingly, asking him does he realize that i will kill him if he does any harm to her and tell him to get away, to leave immediately. he smells of alcohol with meanness in his eyes. he turns and walks away, talking to himself as he does so.

Morning has broken

 A feeling of uselessness, of futility. Not grounded, not centered, not capable.

 Feeling anxious, unsettled, unable to get anything accomplished.

Imagine treating your child like a person.

 Two hawks, three feet apart on a power line, hunting. Bongo in my face for attention, licks my nose every time i look at him. Flurries when we walk out of Wegman's. A good IPA from Other Half Brewing. Excellent conversation. Laughter and just being together.

Moonset/Sunrise

Toggling between joy at the beauty of everything and the abject horror of human hubris.

Good coffee

Awoke from numerous dreams to a gorgeous sunrise. Feeling slightly out of sorts mentally, but i pull it together for the most part as the morning progresses. 

Moonday

 Driving to Ocelot Brewery today, I had two wonderful things happen. First, saw 5 pheasants flush across the road before, and after me. Beautiful! Then, on Braddock Road, i saw a bald eagle. Wait, make that three things, because when i got to the brewery, Noel was working, and i got to tell her all the things! Felt so much happiness, did some good writing. Came home and split some more firewood. Astounding Moonrise. Venus and Saturn in the West. Gorgeous evening.

morning coffee

The rising Sun casts woodsmoke shadows on the maple tree, a woodpecker taps for food, a squirrel runs around the trunk. 

dream segment

 I am walking across the parking lot to go into the store because i need to do a return of the Honeycomb cereal bag i carry in my hand. I steer wide past the event that is occurring in the parking lot because it is work related. My co-workers are involved in a water-dunking type thing where they try to drop Rick into the water, some of them call out to me, but i keep walking to go inside. I am on vacation, and do not want to be seen, so wonder why i have come here! Once there at the customer service desk, i am next in line. Two Lewis brothers are working the desk. They are not trained do so. The person in front of me is also trying to get a refund. The brothers see me in line and call out to me to come help them. Heavy sigh, but i do so. As i begin to show them what to do, i quickly realize that the entire system has been changed while i was on vacation. The customer we are trying to help is a pharmacy employee, and she begins to try to tell us what to do. It is not helpful. The screen slides all around, not letting us hit on the areas we need. It is so frustrating!! Finally we achieve some sort of goal, and we give her a refund. I go get back in line. Dreading whatever comes next with my refund! As i am standing there waiting, Kyle comes over and leans into me to see how i am doing.

"How was your vacation?"

 I have gone completely feral this week.

 An absolute laze-fest of a day. Even wanted to go get in bed before before 5 p.m., but made a mug of green tea with mint instead. Had another fine phone conversation with Aaron around 1 p.m. Tyga & Panther are a little upset that i did not go out and get some can treat today. Greylin has seemed satisfied with his kibble. Hahahaa. I did dishes (yay), but did not feel like cooking, so sandwich it was. Reading and relaxing, slight brain sluggishness. Ah well.

deep thoughts about today

Began the day with another deep vermilion sunrise, after some very detailed dreaming. While i felt some "back-to-work soon" anxiety, i also settled into a more comfortable vibe as i decided to NOT go out for a couple of errands. Not yet. Just one more day of snowy isolation, thank you. But then again, not totally! because i had scheduled a phone call with Aaron for the afternoon! And let me just say that it was fabulous. Three hours later, feeling refreshed after such a deep connection, i went outside and split some more firewood. Brought it in, and am now reaping the warm benefits.

Contentment

 From the vermilion Sunrise to the candles lit on the mantel, today has been a day of the small pleasures of life. Toasted bagel with peach preserves, putting out peanuts for the Crows, multiple cat snacks!! Doing dishes, splitting some firewood. Spaghetti for dinner! Lots of reading. A good day.

More Snow & Life

 Drinking coffee by the woodstove it comes to me that i am glad i had not yet Winter-ized the garden, because so many birds have been eating seeds from the plant stalks. Then this thinking of seeds naturally becomes thinking of this Spring's garden and here i am, visualizing growing vegetables while there is over a foot of snow on the ground. An absolute delight.

Snow and Life

Upon awakening, the first thing i smelled was my own death. A very sobering realization. Pun intended. Fortunately a foot of snow had fallen while i slept, so this was an inspiring moment, and not at all dispiriting. Busy activity at the bird feeder, and crows calling for more peanuts.

Peacefulness

 Waiting on the snow, I can smell it in the air. Building the fire back up in the woodstove, glad to be home from work. Many candles, many scents. Purring cats.

Thryothorus ludovicianus

 Carolina Wrens like the woodpile. They also use the cat-door to come onto the screen porch. A pair has been out there all morning, pecking around, going back out, coming back in. Love these little cuties so much.

 Carrying logs to the splitter. Standing more on the patio in the sun. Moving slowly, with a focus on body, foot placement, posture. Breathing and feeling the clean cold air. Then working the splitter after a little maintenance. Fill up the wheelbarrow and stack some on the hearth. Simple and satisfying work.

The Raptors of Friday

 Driving to the hardware store on a layered cloud day, I see six Hawks and two Kestrals. Not to be left out of this count are the numerous Vultures and Crows! A satisfying errand run all around.

Algebraic Expression

 If only my brain remembered Algebra instead of all the stupid and cruel things that men have said to me over the decades.

Space & Time

 Lost self-confidence is a very difficult thing to move through and attempt to regain.

FILMS VIEWED

• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Interstellar
• When The Levee Breaks
• Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse
   

poem

how sky

how Moon

     clouds, yes

but

not yet risen

pull still

pull hopefulness

possibility

resolve

 

poem 10/21/2019

 i have a narrative

a narrative of/fear/

     and loss of

self esteem

a narrative of

     heartbeat shaking

cold anxiety - it is

a narrative often i am

     compelled

to share/but often i am

tired

tired of hearing myself

just break through!

but here/nine years later

this narrative 

still exists

poem 3/15/2018

 storm system moving across 

the play of light and rain

clouds disperse/in the distance

the thunder rolls

birds give voice

 to the sweetness  

that is now

Hex triplet

 Azure expansion into the

unlimited Universe

pulled by this Season's

changing

the

Vernal equinox

the 

New Moon

Film viewed

In celebration of May Day, "SORRY TO BOTHER YOU" - directed by Boots Riley, 2018

Verb: to remember

I am of this World, of this Earth. I breathe this air as i look at this sky, these clouds. This world is not out to get me. I am safe and grounded as my feet touch this soil. Even as i am driving, i am realizing this, as incongruous as that may seem. I see a hawk. I see the Crescent Moon rising. I am home.

poem...not a haiku

Corn Moon
Cherries Turn Black Moon
Full Moon light/casting
hollyhock shadows
as
three Owls call
across the mountain

my life is now complete

"Moonlight" - directed by Barry Jenkins (2016)

and another!

"Paris Is Burning" - directed by Jennie Livingston (1990)

film viewed, finally

"Moon" -directed by Duncan Jones (2009)

poem

the vast stretch of city lights on
the horizon
forms an unnerving necklace
for the
rising
orange Moon

this is not a "dream" post

i can tell that i am still depressed
when i don't have the energy
to write
even though
my last dream was very detail-rich
and interesting

i'm looking at you, Hanif

when you read an
astounding
poet
and all of your subsequent thoughts
are in
lyrical cadence/
it is the inspiration that
centers you

quoting truth

"But I can say right here and now that the absence of a day in honor of the end of slavery in this country is shameful, which to my mind makes it unjust - the opposite of justice." - Ntozake Shange in the essay 'justice', from lost in language & sound. *POW*

Craft Beer: 2017

• “Brrr Hoppy Red” ale – Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland OR
• “Unearthed”barrel-aged stout – Long Trail Brewing Co., Bridgewater Corners VT
• “Christmas Morning” coffee bean conditioned gingerbread stout- Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond VA
• “Autumn Maple” brown ale – The Bruery, Placentia CA
• “Sunday Mole” Imperial stout – Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton PA
• “Orange Is The New Stout”Imperial chocolate stout – collaboration: Center Of The Universe Brewing Co., Ashland VA & O'Connor Brewing Co., Norfolk VA
• Bourbon Barrel German Chocolate Cake lager- Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, Goochland VA
• Shiner Cold-brew Coffee Ale – Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner TX
• “Promise Gone Aw-Rye” red rye IPA – Rogue Ales, Newport OR
• “Live Wire”IPA – Ocelot Brewing Co., Dulles VA
• “Invisible Art” bourbon barrel-aged black IPA – Adroit Theory Brewing Co., Sterling VA
• “6^th Seal” chocolate stout – Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest VA
• “People's Porter” - Foothills Brewing, Winston Salem NC
• “Evil 8” Belgian-style Dubbel – Blue Mountain Brewery, Nelson County VA
• “Hotbox Coffee Porter” - Oskar BluesBrewery, Longmont CO
• “Ripper” pale ale – Stone Brewing, Escondido CA
• “Rabid Duck” Russian Imperial stout – The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville NC
• “Dark Hours” Genius Loci Series: Imperial stout – Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn VA
• “Fresh Tracks” pale ale – Harpoon Brewery, Boston MA & Windsor VT
• “Roundhouse” India red ale w/honey – Bell's Brewery, INC., Comstock MI
• “Devil's Tramping Ground Tripel” unfiltered ale – Aviator Brewing Co., Fuquay-Varina NC
• “Partner Ships: Imperial Brown IPA” - collaboration: Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore MD & Stone Brewing...
• “Frootwood” maple syrup bourbon barrel-aged cherry ale – Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids MI
• “Selassie” Imperial stout w/Ethiopian coffee beans & vanilla – Omnipollo at Crazy Mountain Brewing Co., Denver CO
• “Hopfen Ale” German-style IPA – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Mills River, NC
• Peach IPA – Sierra Nevada...
• “Dark Hollow” Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial stout w/Chocolate & coffee – Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington VA
• 2016 “Black Note Stout” Bourbon barrel-aged – Bell's...
• “Uber Home” DIPA – Ocelot...
• “Pounding Trees” DIPA – 3 Stars Brewing Co., Washington D.C.
• “Headspace” IPA – Kindred Spirit Brewing, Richmond VA
• “Superb India Pale Ale” - Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
• “Hop Cooler” citrus IPA – Ninkasi Brewing Co., Eugene OR
• “Archdruid” red ale aged in Irish Whiskey Barrels-Clown Shoes Beer, Ipswich MA
• “Tangerine Quad” Belgian-style Quadrupel Ale w/tangerine peel aged in Bourbon Barrels-Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO
• “Nasty Woman” Tequila Barrel Tripel Ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Minute Man” IPA – Three Notch'd Brewing Co., Charlottesville, VA
• “Marshal Zhukov's” vanilla hazelnut Imperial stout- Cigar City Brewing, Tampa FL
• Coffee Stout- Schlafly Brewery, St. Louis MI
• “Hop commander IPA” - Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford NY
• “Pernicious” IPA – Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville NC
• “Enjoy By 04.20.17” IPA – Stone Brewing...
• Honey Rosemary Hefeweizen – The Farm Brewery, Broad Run VA
• Blueberry Hefeweizen – The Farm Brewery...
• Red IPA – The Farm Brewery...
• Coffee IPA – The Farm Brewery...
• Tangerine IPA – The Farm Brewery...
• Mosaic IPA – The Farm Brewery...
• Triple Berry Blonde – The Farm Brewery...
• Prototype: KA-1 – Adroit Theory...
• Prototype: KA-2 – Adroit Theory...
• Prototype: KA-3 - Adroit Theory...
• EBK (warning shot) DIPA – Adroit Theory...
• B/A/Y/S Bourbon Barrel Chocolate Cherry stout – Adroit Theory...
• "War Cannibal" Imperial milk stout aged in maple whisky barrels - Adroit Theory...
• Mexican Cake Imperial Biscotti Break ale w/coffee,cinnamon,almonds, cocoa nibs, vanilla & habanero peppers – Evil Twin Brewing / Westbrook Brewing Co., Mount Pleasant SC
• Freak Of Nature DIPA – Wicked Weed...
• Fresh Roast ale – Rogue Ales...

*update coming soon*

Books Read: 2017

• The Black Panthers edited by Bryan Shih & Yohuru Williams, 2016
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, 2014
• From #BLACKLIVESMATTER To Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, 2016
• The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin, 2012
• Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, And The Foundations Of A Movement by Angela Y. Davis, 2016
• Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon To White America by Michael Eric Dyson, 2017
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander, 2012
• Love Is Love edited by Marc Andreyko, 2016
• Universal Harvester by John Darnielle, 2017
• Paper Girls: Volume 2, by Brian Vaughn & Cliff Chiang, 2016
• The Blood Of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson, 2017
• We Gon' Be Alright by Jeff Chang, 2016
• Iscariot by S.M. Vidaurri, 2015
• Giant Days: Vol. 1, by John Allison & Lisa Treiman, 2015
• Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Y. Davis, 2003
• A Gate At The Stairs by Lorrie Moore, 2009
• Phonogram Vol. 3 :The Immaterial Girl by Kieron Gillen, 2016
• Adulthood Is A Myth: Sarah's Scribbles Vol. 1 by Sarah Andersen, 2016
• The Sisters Are Alright: Changing The Broken Narrative Of Black Women In America by Tamara Winfrey Harris, 2015
• Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching by Mychal Denzel Smith, 2016
• Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson, 2015
• Parable Of The Sower by Octavia Butler,
• Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship With A Remarkable Man by William Shatner w/David Fisher, 2016
• Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow, 2012 **re-read**
• Revolutionary Women: A Book Of Stencils by the Queen of the Neighborhood Collective, 2010
• Nightwood by Djuna Barnes, 1937
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, 2017
• Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy & John Jennings, 2017
• Slam! : Issue #1 by Pamela Ribbon
• Slam!: Issue #2 by P. Ribbon
• Slam!: Issue #3 by Ribbon
• Giant Days: Vol. 2 by Allison, Tremain & Max Sarin, 2016
• Giant Days: Vol. 3 by Allison & Sarin, 2016
• Saga: Vol. 7 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples, 2017
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Carolyn Nowak, Grace Ellis & Brooke A. Allen, 2016
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 27: The Whisperer War by Robert kirkman, 2017
• Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner, 1988/2014
• The Book Of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor, 2015
• Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor, 2014
• Speed Enforced By Aircraft by Richard Peabody, 2012
• Blue Suburban Skies by Richard Peabody, 2012
• Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, 2015
• Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor, 2017
• Bitch Planet, Book Two: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick & Valentine De Landro, 2017
• The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams, 1989 (re-read)
• Stone Of Farewell by Tad Williams, 1990 (re-read)
• To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams, 1993 (re-read)
• The Heart Of What Was Lost by Tad Williams, 2017
• The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams, 2017
• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore, 2017
• Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls In Schools by Monique W. Morris, 2017
• Wet Moon 2: Unseen Feet by Sophie Campbell, 2016
• The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship by Patricia Bell-Scott, 2016
• Ruins. by Peter Kuper, 2015
• Raven Rock by Garrett M. Graff, 2017
• The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin, 2015
• The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin, 2016
• Killers Of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders & the Birth Of The FBI by David Grann, 2017
• The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, 2009
• The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie & Matthew Wilson, 2016
• The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5: Imperial Phase Part 1 by Gillen, McKelvie & Wilson, 2017
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, 2017
• At Mama's Knee: Mothers And Race In Black & White by April Ryan, 2017
• The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy, 2017
• Phonogram, Vol. 2: The Singles Club by Gillen & McKelvie, 2013
• Giant Days, Vol. 4 by Allison & Sarin, 2017
• Giant Days, Vol. 5 by Allison & Sarin, 2017
• Queen & Country, Vol. 1: Operation Broken Ground by Greg Ruka & Steve Rolston, 2002
• Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Vaughan & Chiang, 2017
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink Or Swim by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh & Carey Pietsch, 2017
• Descender, Vol. 3: Singularities by Lemire & Nguyen, 2016
• Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics by Lemire & Nguyen, 2017
• Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda, 2017
• Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter, 2017
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 28: A Certain Doom by Kirkman, 2017
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman, 1986
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Vol. 2: And Then my Troubles Began, by Spiegelman, 1992
• I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman In Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchu, edited by Elizabeth Burgos-Debray, 1984
• From Here To Eternity: Traveling The World To Find The Good Death by Caitlin Doughty, 2017
• Sourdough by Robin Sloan, 2017
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: & Other Lessons From The Crematory by Caitlin Doughty, 2014
• Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse by Todd R. Clear, 2007
• Shaler's Fish by Helen Macdonald, 1997
• We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2017
• We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2012
• Reckless Daughter: A Portrait Of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffee, 2017
• Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor, 2017
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters: Book One by Emil Ferris, 2016
• Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives by Leigh Gilmore, 2017
• American Fire: Love, Arson, And Life In A Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse, 2017
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, 2017
• Strange Weather by Joe Hill, 2017
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine, 2014
• I Can't Breathe: A Killing On Bay Street by Matt Taibbi, 2017
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's Eye View by Watters, 2017
• The Underground Girls Of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg, 2014
• Bingo Love by Tee Franklin & Jen St-Onge, 2017
• The Doomsday Machine: Confessions Of A Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg, 2017
• The Inner Life Of Animals by Peter Wohlleben, 2017

poem

mine is a visual poem with evergreen raindrops
on glass
and
abandoned bicycles in
the woods

poem

brief moments spent wondering the sound
dried leaves moving across asphalt/as wind
caresses my face and
hair/ dances

Poem

even in the bright blue
i search for Moon sliver
   setting Sickle
(and think of cosmic kilonova
birthday
BOOM)

poem

Walk with cloud mind and crow calling blue skies
give ground, but forward
passing aromas of lives lived
seeking, yes - but being now

poem

my dreams from the past
lie scattered on the floor
subconscious debris

poem

vulture shadow moves
diagonally
as i stride
North,
milkweed pods ripening
in my reveries

Dream

i go to Kay's house to wait for them to come home...i am in my jammies & robe...i go in the bathroom and notice that i am having trouble seeing, it's as if a hand were over my eyes...i look in the mirror and see that my face is all swollen around the eyes, and very red...i grow concerned and try to rinse my eyes with cold water, which does feel good, but the swelling does not ease and actually gets worse...i think that i should go home, but how could i drive when i cannot fully see?

dream

my friend has driven down the snowy driveway, so now i will attempt it in my van. i call Rhiannon to me, and she runs and jumps aboard. navigate some tight turns, and then here we go! get stuck immediately...talking with a friend, and then decide to try again as the snow seems to be melting somewhat. and down the driveway to the road we go.

dream

a co-worker gives me a message that a customer wrote on a reusable shopping bag. it intrigues and amuses me. i walk down the sidewalk of the shop-lined street thinking that i might see him, and converse. as i walk, i think that i should not seem to be looking for something, so as to not draw the wrong type of attention, i am actually trying to keep a low profile. i am carrying two plastic bags with something in them, and another bag/backpack...it has become dusk, and the Moon is beautiful in the sky, with clouds passing by. a woman passes by me and speaks a friendly salutation. she pays me a compliment and smiles broadly-she has an instrument/guitar slung across her shoulder. i call out a reply - thinking about how when i get to the bottom of the hill, i will turn around and walk back...just then i hear a call-out, and see a friend of mine emerge from a wooded path off to me left on the other side of the road...we meet, and talk, she asks me what's up, and expresses surprise at seeing me out & about at this time, since i am so often at work at this time...[as i am getting ready to reply, i awaken]

moving through financial crisis

Here i am, trying to remember just how it is to feel, to feel alive, and creative and aware. In my fullest capacity. Now that i no longer, on a daily basis, awaken to instant despair. The emotional easing of this! The relaxation possible, as i am able to expand my [...] horizons, reaching/re-attaining the fuller expression of who i am. The complexity of my being. My long-dampened innate artistic flow, freed from anguish and able to re-flower. The joy of this, the possibility!

Book/Life connections

Reading the Washington Post this morning, a sense of unease comes over me as two of the articles I am reading bear close resemblance to events that are occurring in the book I am currently reading, Station Eleven. This immediately reminds me of the time I was sitting in the waiting room of the public health clinic, reading The Stand. I began to notice that all of the people around me were sniffling and sneezing, making sounds of illness. Discomforting, considering the plot of the book.

BOOKS READ 2016

• Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello
• Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez, 2013
• Locke & Key Vol. 2: Head Games by Hill & Rodriguez, 2013
• Locke & Key Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows by Hill & Rodriguez, 2013
• Brothers Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You? By George Clinton, 2014
• Locke & Key Vol. 4: Keys To The Kingdom by Hill & Rodriguez, 2013
• Locke & Key Vol. 5: Clockworks by Hill & Rodriguez, 2012
• Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega by Hill & Rodriguez, 2014
• An Appetite For Wonder: The Making Of A Scientist by Richard Dawkins, 2013
• Rat Queens Vol.1: Sass and Sorcery by Kurtis J. Weibe & Roc Upchurch, 2014
• Rat Queens Vol. 2:The Far Reaching Tentacles Of N'rygoth by Weibe/Upchurch/Sejic, 2015
• Brief Candle In The Dark: My Life In Science by Richard Dawkins, 2015
• Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning Of The Arctic by Marla Cone, 2005
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense by Robert Kirkman, 2006
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life by Kirkman, 2007
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before by Kirkman, 2007
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer by Kirkman, 2008
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain by Kirkman, 2009
• the oblivion seekers by Isabelle Eberhardt, 1920
• Electric Grace edited by Richard Peabody, 2007
• a different beat: writings by women of the beat generation edited by Richard Peabody, 1997
• Women & Madness by Phyllis Chesler, 1972
• Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson w/Alphona & Wyatt, 2015
• Ms. Marvel Vol. 3: Crushed by Wilson w/Miyazawa & Bondoc, 2015
• Women photographs by Annie Leibovitz & essay by Susan Sontag, 1999
• Bitch Planet, Vol. 1:Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue Deconnick & Valentine De Landro, 2015
• The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar, 2009
• this census-taker by China Mieville, 2016
• Ariel by Sylvia Plath, 1965
• The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, 1926
• three moments of an explosion by China Mieville, 2015
• Gratitude by Oliver Sacks, 2015
• Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg, 1996
• Chew Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman & Rob Guillory, 2009
• The Cleft by Doris Lessing, 2007
• The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing, 2003
• Welcome To Tranquility Vol. 1 by Gail Simone & Neil Googe, 2008
• H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald, 2014
• Where The Stress Falls by Susan Sontag, 2001
• Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming, 2014
• Avenue Of Mysteries by John Irving, 2015
• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, 2010
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996
• Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman, 2015
• The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, 1988
• If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, 1974
• The Fire Next Time by James Balswin, 1964
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 1970
• Gather Together In My Name by Maya Angelou, 1974
• The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight, 2004
• Banksy: You Are An Acceptable Level Of Threat And If You Were Not You Would Know About It by CarpetBombingCulture, 2012
• Look Me In The Eye: My Life With Asperger's by John Elder Robison, 2007
• Switched On: A Memoir Of Brain Change And Emotional Awakening by John Elder Robison, 2016
• Ben, In The World by Doris Lessing, 2000
• Rat Queens Vol. 3: Demons by Kurtis Wiebe & art by Tess Fowler, 2016
• Singin' And Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou, 1976
• Bitch Planet # 6 by Deconnick & Soma, 2016
• Pretty Deadly #1 by Deconnick & Rios, 2014
• The Tao Of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, 1982
• The Wicked + The Divine #1 by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie, 2014
• The Wicked + The Divine #2 by Gillen & McKelvie, 2014
• The Fireman by Joe Hill, 2016
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol.1: The Faust Act by Gillen & McKelvie, 2014
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol.2: Fandemonium by Gillen & McKelvie, 2015
• The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson, 2015
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol.3: Commercial Suicide by Gillen & McKelvie, 2016
• Are You My Mother? By Alison Bechdel, 2012
• Paper Girls Vol.1 by Brian Vaughn & Cliff Chiang, 2016
• The Edna Webster Collection Of Undiscovered Writings by Richard Brautigan, 1995
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, 2006
• Body Counts: A Memoir Of Politics, Sex, AIDS, And Survival by Sean Strub. 2014
• Phonogram: Rue Britannia by Kieron Gillen & Jaime McKelvie, 2014
• Saga Vol.1 by Brian Vaughan & Fiona Staples, 2015
• Saga Vol. 2 by Vaughan & Staples, 2014
• Saga Vol.3 by Vaughan & Staples, 2014
• Tough Sh*t: Life Advice From A Fat, lazy Slob Who Did Good by Kevin Smith, 2012
• Saga Vol.4 by Vaughan & Staples, 2015
• Saga Vol.5 by Staples & Vaughan, 2015
• Martha Quest by Doris Lessing, 1952
• LaRose by Louise Erdrich, 2016
• Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor, 2011
• The Lonely City: Adventures In The Art Of Being Alone by Olivia Laing, 2016
• The Narrow Door by Paul Lisicky, 2016
• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 2003
• Saga Vol. 6 by Staples & Vaughan, 2016
• Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt, 2016
• The Trip To Echo Spring: On Writers And Drinking by Olivia Laing, 2013
• End Of Watch by Stephen King, 2016
• The Pier Falls: And Other Stories by Mark Haddon, 2016
• The Red House by Mark Haddon, 2012
• March: Book One by John Lewis, 2013
• March: Book Two by John Lewis, 2015
• The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman,1988
• Wanderlust: A History Of Walking by Rebecca Solnit, 2000
• The Sandman Volume 2: The Doll's House by Gaiman, 1990
• The Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country by Gaiman, 1990
• The City Of Falling Angels by John Berendt, 2005
• The Sandman Volume 4: Season Of Mists by Gaiman, 1991
• The Sandman Volume 5: A Game Of You by Gaiman, 1992
• Zero K by Don DeLillo, 2016
• Chew Vol. 2: International Flavor by Layman & Guillory, 2010
• Chew Vol. 3: Just Desserts by Layman & Guillory, 2010
• Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace, 1999
• March: Book Three by John Lewis, 2016
• Lumberjanes: Beware The Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis, 2015
• Lumberjanes: Friendship To The Max by Stevenson & Ellis, 2015
• The Sandman Volume 6: Fables & Reflections by Gaiman, 1993
• The Sandman Volume 7: Brief Lives by Gaiman, 1993
• The Sandman Volume 8: World's End by Gaiman, 1993
• The Sandman Volume 9: The Kindly Ones by Gaiman, 1995
• The Sandman Volume 10: The Wake by Gaiman, 1996
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Power by Ryan North & Erica Henderson, 2015
• Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates & Brain Stelfreeze, 2016
• the last days of new paris by China Mieville, 2016
• Chew Vol. 4: Flambe by Layman& Guillory, 2011
• Chew Vol. 5:Major League by Layman & Guillory, 2012
• Chew Vol. 6: Space Cakes by Layman & Guillory, 2012
• Chew Vol. 7: Bad Apples by Layman & Guillory, 2013
• Chew Vol. 8: Family Recipes by Layman & Guillory, 2014
• Chew Vol. 9: Chicken Tenders by Layman & Guillory, 2015
• Chew Vol. 10: Blood Puddin' by Layman & Guillory, 2015
• The Walking Dead Vol. 10: What We Become by Kirkman, 2009
• The Walking Dead Vol.11: Fear The Hunters by Kirkman, 2010
• The Walking Dead Vol.12: Life Among Them by Kirkman, 2010
• The Walking Dead Vol. 13: Too Far Gone by Kirkman, 2010
• The Walking Dead Vol. 14: No Way Out by Kirkman, 2011
• The Walking Dead Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves by Kirkman, 2011
• Descender Vol. 1: Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen, 2015
• Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan by Stevenson, Watters & Nowak, 2016
• Pretty Deadly Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick, 2014
• Pretty Deadly Vol. 2: The Bear by DeConnick, 2016
• The Walking Dead Vol.16: A Larger World by Kirkman, 2012
• The Walking Dead Vol.17: Something To Fear by Kirkman, 2014
• The Walking Dead Vol. 18: What Comes After by Kirkman, 2013
• To The River: A Journey Beneath the Surfaces by Olivia Laing, 2011
• Miss Jane by Brad Watson, 2016
• Chew, Vol. 11: The Last Suppers by Layman, 2016
• Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends by Tim Seeley & Mike Norton, 2012
• Blood Child: and other stories by Octavia E. Butler,1995
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March To War by Kirkman,
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1 by Kirkman,
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2 by Kirkman,
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning by Kirkman, 2014
• Ms. Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona, 2015
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams by Kirkman, 2015
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life And Death by Kirkman, 2015
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back by Kirkman, 2016
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out Of Time by Stevenson, Watters & Allen, 2016
• Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer by Patrick Suskind, 1985
• Revival, Vol. 2: Live Like You Mean It by Seeley & Norton, 2013
• Revival, Vol. 3: A Faraway Place by Seeley & Norton, 2014
• Fledgling by Octavia Butler, 2005
• Kindred by Octavia Butler, 1979
• Descender, Vol. 2: Machine Moon by Lemire & Nguyen, 2016
• Fray by Joss Whedon, 1999
• B.R.U.H. :Black Renditions Of Universal Heroes by Markus Prime, 2016
• The Twilight Of The Bombs by Richard Rhodes, 2010
• Feminist Theory: From Margin To Center by bell hooks, 2000
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call To Arms by Kirkman, 2016
• Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler, 1989 (compilation of Dawn '87, Adulthood Rites '88 and Imago '89)
• Revival, Vol.4: Escape To Wisconsin by Seeley & Norton, 2014
• Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman by Lindy West, 2016
• The Last Man, Book One: Unmanned & Cycles by Brian Vaughan & Pia Guerra, 2003
• A Field Guide To Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, 2005
• Monstress, Vol.1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda, 2016
• The Last Man, Book Two
• Revival, Vol. 5: Gathering Of Waters
• Revival, Vol. 6: Thy Loyal Sons & Daughters
• Revival, Vol 7: Forward
• Here, There, Elsewhere by William Least Heat-Moon, 2013
• “They Can't Kill Us All” by Wesley Lowery, 2016
• Trees, Vol. 1: In Shadow by Warren Ellis & Jason Howard, 2015
• Trees, Vol. 2: Two Forests by Ellis & Howard, 2016
• Nobody: Casualties Of America's War On The Vulnerable, From Ferguson To Flint by Marc Lamont Hill, 2016
• When We Rise: My Life In The Movement by Cleve Jones, 2016
• Everfair by Nisi Shawl, 2016
• Wet Moon, Vol. 1: Feeble Wanderings by Sophie Campbell, 2016 (new edition w/extras)
• Tranny: Confessions Of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace, 2016

FILMS VIEWED 2016

• Tangerine (dir: Sean Baker) 2015
• Roxy: The Movie Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention (from 1973)

Craft Beer 2016

• “Beer Camp” tropical IPA – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico CA
• “Tangerine IPA – Variant” - Adroit Theory Brewing Co., Purcellville, VA
• “Fists Of Rage” - Roggenbier (rye spice, carrot cake, vanilla & caramel), Adroit...
• “Ortolan Bunting – Mescal” - American Strong Ale, Adroit...
• “Bloody Roots Bourbon” - Bourbon barrel aged Imperial Brown Ale, Adroit...
• “Crystal Pale Ale” - Samuel Adams, Boston MA
• “Azacca” IPA – Founders Brewing Company, Grand Rapids MI
• “Danzig” Baltic porter – Devil's Backbone Brewing Co., Lexington VA
• Blackboard Series Agave IPA w/ grapefruit– Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown PA
• “Kerry's Cure” Belgian Pale ale – Tin Cannon, Gainesville VA (a brewery collaboration)
• “Honey We're On A Date” Belgian style Wheat – Tin Cannon...
• “Dubbel Tap” Belgian style Dubbel – Tin Cannon...
• Nitro Coffee Stout – Sam Adams...
• “Citradelic” tangerine IPA – New BelgiumBrewing, Fort Collins CO
• “Rebel Grafefruit IPA” - Sam Adams...
• “Revival” red IPA – Starr Hill Brewery, Charlottesville VA
• “Elementary” porter – Brothers Craft Brewing – Harrisonburg VA
• Chocolate Covered Raspberry Stout – Tin Cannon...
• “Abbi's Drool” Northern English style brown ale – Tin Cannon...
• “Howling Gale IPA” - Fair Winds Brewing Co., Lorton VA
• Five Hop Experimental IPA – Sierra Nevada...
• “Cafe Racer 15” DIPA – Bear Republic Brewing Co., Cloverdale CA
• Scottish Brown Ale – Vanish Beers, Lucketts VA
• Porter – Vanish...
• “Twisted Sister” Citron Green Tea (Brew Loco in Leesburg, VA) IPA – Adroit...
• Azacca Hop DIPA – Adroit...
• Pomegranate IPA – Adroit...
• DIPA w/ Blueberries, Pasilla & Habanero Peppers – Adroit...
• DIPA Rye – Vanish...
• Oatmeal Pale Ale – Vanish...
• Abbey Dubbel Ale – Vanish...
• Golden Ale – Vanish...
• Session IPA – Vanish...
• “Fruit Basket” IPA w/orange & grapefruit juices & citrus zest – Champion Brewing Co., Charlottesville VA
• “Stumbld” red IPA – Ocelot Brewing Co., Dulles, VA
• “Space Cadet” IPA – Ocelot...
• “Marbles” IPA – Ocelot...
• “Talking Backwards” Triple IPA – Ocelot...
• “Little Black Milk Stout” - Ocelot...
• “Profits of Pride” IPA – Ocelot...
• “Plasticine” Imperial porter – Ocelot...
• “The Gallows” Imperial red – Ocelot...
• “Big Pun” American Barleywine ale – Tin Cannon...
• “Humble Admiration” strong American ale – Tin Cannon...
• “Heir Apparent” Mexican-spiced Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, Goochland VA
• “Romantic Chemistry” IPA w/mango, apricot & ginger – Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton DE
• “Mango Astronaut Ale” - Rogue Ales, Newport OR - collaboration with Voodoo Doughnut
• “Mango Magnifico” ale w/habaneros – Founders...
• “Zombie Date Night” Imperial porter w/raspberries & cocoa nibs – 3 Stars Brewing Co., Washington D.C.
• “Antithesis” honey cream ale – Adroit...
• Rye Stout – Adroit...
• Teff Porter w/cinnamon & pecans – Adroit...
• “Lux” aquavit barrel – Adroit...
• “Death of Chthulhu” - Adroit...
• “Brooke's Currant Obsession” whiskey barrel aged w/currants – Adroit collaboration w/Belly Love Brewery, Purceville VA
• Tangerine “Soul Style” IPA – Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego CA
• “Couch Surfer” oatmeal stout – Otter Creek Brewing Co., Middlebury VT
• “Frightened” DIPA w/Citra & El Dorado – Ocelot...
• “Songbird” grapefruit sour – Ocelot...
• “Crimson Tears” saison – Ocelot...
• “Lost Angel” IPA w/Comet & Amarillo – Ocelot...
• “Albatross” single hop IPA w/Columbus – Ocelot...
• “Toaster Pastry” India-style red ale - 21^st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro CA
• “Heady Topper” American DIPA – The Alchemist, Waterbury VT
• Coffee Imperial Cream Ale – Adroit...
• White Chocolate & Toasted Macadamia Stout – Adroit...
• Roasted Pepper Porter w/ Lime & Black Pepper – Adroit...
• “We Want Your Soul” Belgian IPA – Adroit...
• “Plan B Quad” - Adroit...
• Rose Hip & lemon peel Saison – Adroit...
• Sorachi Ace & Citra IPA – Adroit...
• Mint & Green Tea Saison – Adroit...
• “Pineapple Sculpin” IPA – Ballast Point, San Diego CA
• “Fire Water” pale ale w/jalapenos – for EvilTwin Brewing by Westbrook Brewing Co., Mount Pleasant SC
• Coconut Quadrupel Ale Belgian-style – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Watermelon Dorado” DIPA – Ballast Point...
• “Zodiak” wheat & oat IPA – Omnipollo, Lochristi Belgium
• “Althea” Belgian-style Dubbel ale brewed w/plums – Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton PA
• “Tango” Belgian-style Dark ale brewed w/cherries – Weyerbacher...
• “Supreme Leader” spiced Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Mosaic Promise” single hop ale – Founders...
• “Oatis” oatmeal stout – Ninkasi Brewing Co., Eugene OR
• “Chocolate Obsession” Imperial chocolate stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “KBS” bourbon barrel-aged chocolate coffee stout – Founders...
• “Coffee Obsession” Imperial chocolate stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Fever Dream” mango habanero ale – Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick MD
• “Ella” single hop Imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
• “Sumatra Mountain” Imperial brown ale brewed w/Sumatra coffee – Founders...
• “Sea Monster” Imperial oatmeal stout – Ballast Point...
• “Pine'hop'le” IPA – Evolution Craft Brewing Co., Salisbury MD
• 7 Hop IPA – Rogue Ales...
• “Blood Orange Neon Gypsy” IPA – DuClaw Brewing Co., Baltimore MD
• “Dirty Bastard” Scotch ale – Founders...
• “Tavern Ale” American brown ale – Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
• “Nugget Nectar” Imperial amber ale – Troegs Brewing Co., Hershey PA
• “3 Citrus Peel Out” Imperial wheat ale – Southern Tier Brewing Co., Lakewood NY
• Bourbon Barrel Raspberry Stout – Hardywood...
• “Skull Crushing Ape” Schwartz-Weizen-Dopplebock – Devil's Backbone Brewing Co., Lexington VA
• “Aniara” pale ale w/lemon juice – Omnipollo...
• Cold Brew IPA coffee – Rogue...
• “Master Shredder” wheat IPA – The Veil Brewing Co., Richmond VA
• “Crucial Taunt” DIPA – The Veil...
• “Grand Larceny” Citra & Mosaic DIPA – The Answer Brewpub, Richmond VA
• “Heavy Melon” watermelon lime ale – New Belgium...
• “Game Of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms” hoppy wheat ale – Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown NY
• “Perpetual IPA” - Troegs...
• “Dubhe” Black IPA w/hemp seeds – Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City UT
• “Citra Fresh IPA” - Lickinghole Creek...
• “Hop Nosh Tangeringe IPA” – Uinta Brewing...
• “Camp Wannamango” mango pale ale – Harpoon Brewery, Boston MA & Windsor VT
• Honey Kolsch – Rogue Ales...
• “Rain In Blood” blood orange pale ale- Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall MI
• “Enjoy By 07.04.16” IPA – Stone Brewing, Escondido CA
• “Pineapple Nuclear Nugget” Imperial honey IPA – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Meriwether” Belgian-style ale – collaboration by Perennial Artisan Ales & The Commons Brewery St. Louis MO
• “Imperial Simcoe Slacker” IPA – Evil Twin...
• “Cinnamon Roll'd W-n-B” coffee oatmeal Imperial stout – Terrapin Beer Co., Athens GA
• “Symzonia” Imperial stout w/coffee, vanilla, cocoa nibs & cinnamon – Omnipollo...
• Styrian Golding single hop IPA – Green Flash...
• “Good Adweiss” hefeweizen – Brothers Craft Brewing, Harrisonburg VA
• “Liquid Double Fudge” Imperial stout – Evil Twin...
• “Anastasia's Chocolate Fantasy” Russian Imperial stout – South Street Brewery, Arrington VA
• “El Duderino” white Russian stout – Center Of The Universe Brewing Co., Ashland VA
• “2016 Wort Share Maple Brown Ale”- Center Of The Universe...
• “Share This Mole” Imperial stout w/ancho chilies, chipotle peppers, cinnamon, vanilla & cacoa nibs – The Bruery, Placentia CA
• “Invisible Art” black IPA – Adroit...
• “Escondidian Imperial Black IPA” - Stone Brewing...
• “Minor Axident” DIPA – Against The Grain Brewery, Louisville KY
• “Carrot Cake Imperial Amber Ale” - Lickinghole Creek...
• Bourbon Barrel-aged Carrot Cake Imperial Amber Ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Santa's Cookies” imperial oatmeal stout – Champion Brewing...
• “Mocha Marlin” coffee, chocolate & vanilla Porter – Ballast Point...
• “Lizard Of Koz” Bourbon-aged Imperial stout w/blueberries, chocolate & vanilla – Founders...
• “Bittersweet Nitro” Imperial coffee milk stout – Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont CO
• “Five Beans” porter - Six Point Brewery, Brooklyn NY
• “Bourbon County” stout – Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago IL
• “Death By Coconut”Irish porter - Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont CO
• “Mackaper”pale ale-Omnipollo...
• “Bianca Raspberry” ale-Omnipollo...
• Rye Whiskey Barrel Pumpkin Ale – Hardywood...
• “Velvet Merkin” 2014 Bourbon-aged oatmeal stout – Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles CA
• Tart Cherry W-n-B Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout – Terrapin...
• “Give Me Stout Or Give Me Death”brewed w/raspberries & blackberries – Stone...
• “Napoleon Complex” hoppy pale ale – Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville NC
• “Indian Brown” dark IPA – Dogfish Head...
• “Flesh & Blood IPA”- Dogfish Head...
• “Citrus Limbo IPA” - Long Trail Brewing Co., Bridgewater Corners VT
• “Porgie” chocolate pudding porter – Center Of The Universe collaboration w/ Ardent Craft Ales
• “Abrahadabra strawberry IPA – Omnipollo...
• “Last Leaf” brown maple ale – Starr Hill...
• “Scary Jesus Rock Star” apricot chamomile pale ale – Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall MI
• “25^th Anniversary Double IPL” - Otter Creek Brewing Co., Middlebury VT
• Coffee Milk Stout – Stone...
• Vanilla Bean Porter – Stone...
• “Hash Brown” ale – Sweet Water Brewing Co., Atlanta GA
• “Blizzard Of Hops” - Troegs...
• “Scratch Beer Series # 262” chocolate stout – Troegs...
• “Wee Heavy Scotch Ale” - Dome Home Brew Co., Haymarket VA
• “Lime In The Coco-What?!” IPA – Dome Home...
• Maple Scotch Ale – Sierra Nevada...
• “Commodore” cinnamon raisin stout – Ballast Point...
• “Aurora” IPA – Omnipollo...
• Virginia Blackberry Belgian-style white ale – Hardywood...
• “Superb IPA” - Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
• “Jack Rose” apple juice ale – Perennial...
• “Suburban Beverage”Gose-style ale – Perennial...
• “Fruitless” DIPA – Champion...
• “Black Leather” black IPA – Champion...
• “Jai Alai”IPA aged on white oak – Cigar City Brewing, Tampa FL
• “Barmy” apricot honey golden ale – Ballast Point...
• Oktoberfest – Schlafly The Saint Louis Brewery
• “The Truth” imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
• “Heat Series -Carolina Reaper Peach IPA” - Flying Dog...
• “Secret Admirer” DIPA – Alewerks...
• “More With Honey” farmhouse ale – Urban Family Brewing Co., West Seattle WA
• “Duet” IPA – Alpine Beer Co., San Diego CA
• Mocha IPA – Stone Brewing...
• “Wyld” extra pale ale – Uinta...
• “Luponic Distortion” IPA – Firestone Walker...
• “Mango Even Keel”ale – Ballast Point...
• “IPA Crush” - Peak Organic Brewing Co., Portland ME
• “Falconer” hoppy wheat ale – Champion...
• “Maduro” brown ale – Cigar City Brewing, Tampa FL
• “Wussie” pilsner – Arrogant Brewing, Escondido CA
• “Puff” ale – Six Point...
• “stillwater is nothing, big bunny is everything” imperial chocolate milk stout – stillwater artisanal, Stratford CT
• Brau Pils – D.C. Brau Brewing, Washington D.C.
• “Daddy's Home”TIPA – The Veil...
• “#LADYBROZ”hibiscus IPA – The Veil...
• “LOL THO” DIPA – The Veil...
• “Focal Banger” IPA – The Alchemist...
• “Magic Beaver” Belgian-style pale ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “360” IPA – Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown PA
• IPA – Avery Brewing Co., Boulder CO
• “Free Flow IPA” - Otter Creek...
• “Rebel Cascade IPA” - Samuel Adams...
• “Wet Dream” coffee brown ale – Evil Twin...
• “No Hero” oatmeal stout – Evil Twin...
• “Pachamama Porter” w/sweet potatoes, purple mais & Aji Panca chili peppers – Evil Twin...
• “Maniacal” DIPA – Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria VA
• “Superhop” IPA – Stillwater...