We have been very fortunate to have so many friends and some family too, who will work for food and wine. Norm and I have developed this entire vineyard ourselves with only their help. This picture is of the first group who came to help plant the first 300 vines in...
Visitors to the vineyard always want to hear the details of the story of how Norm began finding airplane parts as he plowed to prepare the vineyard for planting. They are fascinated when we tell them we found the dog tag from one of the Navy pilots after the Witch...
Norm likes to put on a fake French accent, twirl an imaginary mustache and say, “Oh ho! I am zee master recycler!” He has a pile of wood too short to burn, pipe, PVC, and buckets and tins of assorted stuff. He stops on the side of the road to pick up...
We’re just ending the July 4th Independence Day holiday weekend and several times over the past few days one or another of us has expressed gratitude for the opportunities given to us in this country. People are still risking life and limb to try to come here...
I’ve been working in the vineyard today, which is a very meditative activity. In fact, I don’t walk the labyrinth as much as I thought I would, because training the vines and leaf thinning is so calming. I hear the crows, hawks and Mockingbirds,...
