Half & Half

The perfect beer. About 15 years ago I went to NYC with a coast guard Lieutenant. One night he took me down to the financial district to a little place called Liquid Assets. The proprietor was an old Marine so we got along grand. Upstairs he had a banquet hall decked out for all his old buddies with emblems of warriors. He made me a half & half that day with Guinness beer and since then I've counted it as the perfect beer. There is an old Irish song that is credited to St Brigid about a lake of beer. May the shallows be Harp and the depths be Guinness

I would like to have the men of Heaven in my own house: With vats of good cheer laid out for them. I would like to have the three Marys, their fame is so great. I would like people from every corner of Heaven. I would like them to be cheerful in their drinking, I would like to have Jesus too here amongst them. I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings, I would like to be watching Heaven's family, drinking it through all eternity. attributed to St. Brigid
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Hunting Creek

Cunningham Falls Park, Thurmont Md
Today I am in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont. They had a nice interpretive trail for the charcoal making process that supported the iron furnaces on down the creek in the valley. It was quite a bit of work to make the pig iron. Eventually the furnaces began using coal. There is no way that America could have done what she has without coal

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Hunting Creek

Cunningham Falls Park, Thurmont Md
Today I am in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont. They had a nice interpretive trail for the charcoal making process that supported the iron furnaces on down the creek in the valley. It was quite a bit of work to make the pig iron. Eventually the furnaces began using coal. There is no way that America could have done what she has without coal

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Mountain Spring

Along this old Mountain Road is an old Spring House and this pipe that carries the Spring water. I don't normally drink from unknown sources knowing the pollution but in this case I can see everything above. The only man made thing is the scenic highway above this spot. So I tried it. That from the pipe had a flavor. But from the rock was a delight. May be there is an old cistern that feeds the pipe and the water picks up sulfur
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Sgt Kirkland and Yank at Fredericksburg

Harriburg Pa
National Civil War Museum
Spent the morning and afternoon at this museum. It was founded about nine years ago. The have a nice presentation that is balanced. Saw the sword of Hunter McGuire, kin our cousins the Beach family of Beattyville. Saw Lee's bible from the Mexican American War and carried until the evacuation of Petersburg where it was found by a yank among Lee's personal items. The bible was thick. I mused it contained the Apocrpha as Lee was Episcopalian. One leaves with a sensing of the epic struggle and how events, culture, history, and politics spiralled the states toward the revolution that was this war. Lee had used those very words as he bemoaned the situation in a personal letter in about 1860 or early 61. Seems states and folk recognize that we are seeing the effects of a very strong central government more and more and understand the concern of Jeffersonian Democrats.
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YUAI

Inner harbor. A gift in 1984 from the sister city of Kawasaki Japan. There is a little garden surrounding it with japanese ornamental fir trees which served today to frame the memorial. A nice touch
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Inner Harbour

William Donald Schaefer. Mayor and Councilman
Visionary for the inner harbor development. In my opinion it is the epitome of translation of a dying inner city problem into a fantastic entertainment and sight seeing experience. This statue is relatively new. The morn is perfect for a day in the harbor. It will be a good day
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Madonna of the Trail

Wisconsin Ave Bethesda Md
Dedicated as a memorial to the pioneer mothers of the covered wagon days. The NDAR put up this monument years ago as this was one of the starting places for the trails to the west. Shot upon this beautiful fall day. Seems a bit incongruous amongst the hustle and bustle of a busy Saturday afternoon with traffic and shopper out for the day. I told Amy and Tyson this morning that it seemed most everything in Bethesda was new. This statue, however, dates from 1928, and is probably the oldest thing on this stretch of Wisconsin
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