Tannin in wine provides two things: structure and ageability. Found in the grapes skins, seeds, and stems, tannin is a natural preservative. Red wines, with considerably more tannin than white, can thus age longer. Tannins belong to a called phenols, powerful antioxidants. Some scientists believe that antioxidants offer a way to also slow fresh food spoilage by reacting with chemicals that cause o Read on...
Our third day in South Africa, we took an early flight to Durban, where we met our guide for the area and the vehicle to transfer us to the St. Lucia Estuary for a game viewing cruise, before continuing to Hluhluwe for the night.
The drive from Durban to St. Lucia was approximately three hours, so Im not sure whether the flight to the Durban airport was because its the only available major airpor Read on...
This is a very short entry the day was spent driving to Denver, in not great weather. We woke up to about 3 to 4 inches of snow outside of our window. We ate breakfast in the hotel. They were so short staffed, they couldnt even clean the tables, just sat people in the bar. In reality, they could have cleaned the tables, just were organized enough to do so.
After breakfast loaded up the car and he Read on...
I finally went to my first visit for my new knee. It went just fine. They my knee with its new device inside of it. Snappy...huh? The little, dark, oval piece you can see close to the artificial knee is my original kneecap (patella). I thought they would replace that but no....only if it had been highly diseased....mine was good....they did shave off the backside of it and put a button in the ce Read on...
In a desperate move to get their share of the dwindling sports entertainment dollar, baseball begins tonight without fans in the stands. With substantial numbers of players testing positive for I wonder how long the season will progress. Then, looking at the NBA bubble approach, also without fans, hockey, auto racing, and limited schedule college football, we will finally have something to watch Read on...
First things first . Boscobel House is in Shropshire . Boscobel is one of those oddities in our small isle . The building , the house itself lies inside the boundary of Shropshire however part of the property and its land lie in neighbouring Staffordshire . The post address is Brewood which clearly falls into Statffordshire and the house has a Stafford postcode . So I have one foot in one county a Read on...
I am so thankful to have survived 2020 and to have spent the whole year in Peru. This has been an incredibly tragic year for so many, but for me it has just been an incredible year. I am so privileged to have spent the year in a place where I could make the pandemic a little easier for thousands of families in the thirteen villages I visited throughout 2020.
I took last week off from blogging and Read on...
At just about every Caravan Park we stayed at, people we encountered asked Have you been to Cobbold Gorge? We booked our Caravan Park in Georgetown and the tour of the gorge at least two weeks ahead, which was just as well, as many people not only missed out on the gorge, they also encountered No Vacancy signs at the local Caravan Parks.
Thus, it was with much anticipation that we drove the ninet Read on...
Since I was staying put today the day began with bacon, eggs and toast. I cook bacon and eggs ever Sunday at home but a little more often while camping. I rarely ate eggs in the past 55 years but its another source of protein and cooking them over easy still lets me dip my toast in the yoke like I did as a child with a soft boiled egg that mom would prepare. I still dont enjoy egg whites to be hon Read on...
More sightseeing in Broken Hill today. We drove out to the Living Desert State Park where Cathy paid our fee at the PayBay. The payment was made for four people, but only produced one ticket. Hmmn, what to do when we are in two cars?? Cathy and Bernie had just decided to tear it in half when the ranger happened along. He agreed that sharing the ticket between the cars worked for him!
We made our Read on...