The La Cloche trip is officially on hold again and I suspect the Adirondack trail is as well. This is basically the result of two recent developments. Firstly I have a new job starting in July so scheduling is all up in the air. Secondly I just blew 2.438 years of my disposable income on a new Mac book Pro. A third factor is that I’ve decided it’s really time to focus on getting ready to move to the farm so what time off I do take from work will be dedicated to farm prep work.
This year we want to get a shed or two built, work on clearing some brush, put in a mass of fruit and nut trees and get started on some fencing. In the fall I am hoping to go to the Earthwood Building School ( http://www.cordwoodmasonry.com/ ) and take the three day cordwood workshop. Given the location if I could get a few extra days off I might try to sneak in a trip to the High Peaks Region of Adirondack Park and do the MacIntyre Range ( adirondackjourney.com/MacIntyre_Range.htm ) since I’d be in the neighbourhood anyway.
I can't figure out why the cordwood thing won't make a link.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Cider Quest 2010: Progress Report 2
I’ve got five more ciders to add to the sampled list: Cracked Apple, Grower’s Peach, Magner’s, Peeler Premium Light, and Williams. Nine ciders in I’ve come to the conclusion that cider’s come in two basic forms - ones that try to be as beer-like as possible and ciders that try to be crisp. I prefer the crisp ones because from what I’ve seen the beer imitator’s would do better to just be beer.
My current rankings are:
1. Cracked Apple
2. Grower’s Peach
3. Peeler Premium Light
4. Wapoos
5. Williams
6. Bulmer’s
7. Blackthorn
8. Magner’s
Sadly, the Cracked Apple has been discontinued. Only seven bottles remain I the province. 3 in Bala, 3 in Petawawa and one in Portland. None of which I will be anywhere near anytime soon.
Happily, Grower’s has a variety of flavours of cider so I will have to see if the LCBO carries a variety pack. And I’ll want to check the other county cider brewing company offerings. And I’ve heard a rumour about some offering from La belle provence…
Some of you may have noticed the absence of that most ubiquitous of ciders, Stongbow, from my list. I drank Strongbow once a long time ago. I see no need to go back. Unless I’m really feeling depressed and it’s free.
9. Strongbow
My current rankings are:
1. Cracked Apple
2. Grower’s Peach
3. Peeler Premium Light
4. Wapoos
5. Williams
6. Bulmer’s
7. Blackthorn
8. Magner’s
Sadly, the Cracked Apple has been discontinued. Only seven bottles remain I the province. 3 in Bala, 3 in Petawawa and one in Portland. None of which I will be anywhere near anytime soon.
Happily, Grower’s has a variety of flavours of cider so I will have to see if the LCBO carries a variety pack. And I’ll want to check the other county cider brewing company offerings. And I’ve heard a rumour about some offering from La belle provence…
Some of you may have noticed the absence of that most ubiquitous of ciders, Stongbow, from my list. I drank Strongbow once a long time ago. I see no need to go back. Unless I’m really feeling depressed and it’s free.
9. Strongbow
Monday, June 21, 2010
The War in the Country
By Thomas F. Pawlick
If you are the kind of person who prefers to make informed decisions and presently do, or plan to do either of the following :
1. vote
2. eat
you need to read this book. For the rest of you I give you this:
The Rules of Bureaucracy
1. Preserve thyself.
2. It is easier to fix the blame than to fix the problem.
3. A penny saved is an oversight.
4. Information deteriorates upward.
5. The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time; the last 10% takes the other 90%.
6. Experience is what you get just after you need it.
7. For any given large, complex, hard-to-understand, expensive problem, there exists at least one short, simple, easy, cheap wrong answer.
8. Anything that can be changed will be, until time runs out.
9. To err is human; to shrug is civil service.
10. There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.
If you are the kind of person who prefers to make informed decisions and presently do, or plan to do either of the following :
1. vote
2. eat
you need to read this book. For the rest of you I give you this:
The Rules of Bureaucracy
1. Preserve thyself.
2. It is easier to fix the blame than to fix the problem.
3. A penny saved is an oversight.
4. Information deteriorates upward.
5. The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time; the last 10% takes the other 90%.
6. Experience is what you get just after you need it.
7. For any given large, complex, hard-to-understand, expensive problem, there exists at least one short, simple, easy, cheap wrong answer.
8. Anything that can be changed will be, until time runs out.
9. To err is human; to shrug is civil service.
10. There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.
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