Windmill Musings

I'm ready to give my top ten wineries - at least they are in this point in time - that are not in or around the Napa area. It's also another attempt to delay doing my taxes a little longer - but I will do them today at some point. Because I was a victim of tax fraud and identity theft, I'm encouraged to do them as soon as I have all the documents I need (got the last one I didn't realize I needed last week) even though I have a special pin they send me so that doesn't happen again. But I feel like talking about wine right now so I'm going to talk about wine.  Unlike the previous post, I did not order these by number. At the moment I can't choose how to order them in preference because I had such different experiences at each that I liked as well as the others, but I promise if one starts to stand out while I'm writing, I will let you know. Otherwise, pay no attention to the order numbers. Here goes: 1) Big White House Winery and John Evans Cellars, Liver...

What do you find is a blessing in your life? Is it a material thing? Is it all you have in your possession? Is it a person, a friend, a family member, your children, your parents? Our blessings can be so many things - and its different to all of us. But I caution myself that I don't put too much importance on what I "have" or "don't have." Everything for me has the real reason in the background - but all people see are the material thing (except those who know me well - I mean, really know me and have been through hard stuff with my life and hard stuff in there life - they know who they are). I don't usually say anything about what that item actually means. Case in point: I posted something this morning and have been posting about another thing that I have in my possession. But those things mean more than just their physical properties. My vision boards in the past were loaded with visuals of things that represented something greater. And the new one I...