Watching the night skies always reminds me of this great thought used in the opening credits of the movie, Gods and Generals. It was written byHome and watching the stars sipping a Guinness.
Cheers, Eric -
I've sipped a little Rebel Yell myself but might have a problem toasting runaway slave catcher William Quantrill.
I like her works a lot also, including some of her one-liners. It was my understanding that she wrote under a male pen name because it was easier to get published as a male than being a female in her day.
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Enjoyed your deep thoughts today EricI got home shortly ago and am sitting on a bench listening to the waves and the sounds of the wooded neighborhood. The local owl sounds off and the other sounds pause. The resumption of the different animals squirreling through the fallen leaves along with the faint sounds of the local turkeys had me asking the question "Did animal sounds start in the dark?" I checked with my phone and it turns out that Scientific American published an article and podcast asking the same question. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/did-animal-calls-start-in-the-dark/ .
I have been enjoying listing to the podcast on one earbud while enjoying the evening noises. In summary: "though vocalization might have originated with nocturnal animals, some night dwellers seem to have lost the ability—like pangolins—while others, which evolved to be active by day, retained it—like, of course, you and me."
A long way to get the hat/cap drink purpose of the post. I am sipping some Surley Delicious IPA. My choice tonight was the first on the top shelf that my hand reached and went into the glass. Not a deliberate choice, but a tasty outcome.
Inquiring mind tonight. Cheers, Eric -
DoubleWood is continuously among the top 5 Speysides according to Industry notes, & usually scores in the low 90's. And at a great price point compared to the (older) others. The current top 3 Speysides are:
So happy to see Glen Moray get a mention. They’re my distant relations. What usually happens is I say something about Glen Moray and people say “oh! Glen Morangie!”
Similarity in names (& pronounciations for me) does get confusing. That's cool that Glen Moray are distant kin.
Lagavulin is top of my list, though I’m a fan of the other two as well.
Sorry. Can’t help you there, but I’ll keep an eye out. Scotch is great value for money over here, but you rarely see anything but the more popular ones.
