Rum Barrel-Aged Pumpkin Ale
Another pumpkin ale
Sam Adams OctoberFest and Pumpkin Ale
Happy last Saturday of August and the oft-considered end of Summer. Monday is Labor Day here in the United States the traditional start and end of a lot of things that no longer pay attention to the informal calendar. At least Linda still pays attention. So, while David and I spend a quiet hour at our favorite watering hole, we'll reminisce about those lost traditions and hope that we can cover the prompt.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is "school.'" Use it as a noun or a verb; use it any way you'd like. Have fun!
SoCS — Linda G. Hill
If we were having a beer, you'd be in a reflective mood.
"Happy Saturday, Dan."
"Same to you, David. Aren't you drinking today?"
"Curley is out on the patio. I told him I could wait until you got here. Here he comes."
"Hi David, Dan. I'll pour you your usuals, and David, I will put three cherries in your John Howell's Bourbon — Cheryl gave me an earful about 'pulling a Skippy' as she called it."
"No real harm done, Curley, but I'll take those cherries, just the same. I wonder how Skippy is doing, Dan."
"Pretty well, I think. I saw his name listed in another play at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven."
"Wow! What play?"
"Clue?"
"I bet he plays Colonel Mustard. The murder takes place in the lounge and the victim's martini contained poison."
"Don't pick on Skippy, David. Besides, you're remembering the game we played as kids. The play is based on the movie. Fewer rooms, weapons and suspects."
"He you go, gentlemen, a John's Howell's Special and a cold glass of Modelo — woops!"
"What just happened, Curley?"
"I guess ice formed on the bottom of that glass. Good thing it's a slow day or someone would be wearing a beer."
"Give me a minute, David and I'll toast to the end of summer."
"Here you go, Dan. One cold beer. Someone will be out in a few minutes to clean that mess."
"To the end of summer, Dan, although I think it already ended."
"You refer to the weather? It's cooler, but that's not a bad thing, David."
"No. I can deal with cooler temps. I hope they stick around. I'm talking about all the other things we used to wait for Labor Day for."
"I may regret this, but what things, David?"
"School for one. There were school buses on the road all last week. Remember when school started the day after Labor Day?"
"I do. It starts much earlier now."
"It does, and the stores have been selling Halloween candy for weeks. I waited as a kid brought a cart out of the back of Target, and I saw Christmas trees in the storeroom. They'll be selling those soon."
"They do tend to rush the season."
"Look here, they already have Octoberfest on tap, as well as…Curley what the heck is that?"
"That, my friend, is a brand new pumpkin spiced ale."
"Ugh. This is why I drink bourbon. Nobody messes with bourbon."
"Au contraire, David. Check this out."
"Southern Tier Pumking - Pumpkin Whiskey? That's sacrilege, Curley."
"You want a taste?
"No!"
"I think you should put that away, Curley. David is getting spun up."
"I am spun up, Dan. Mainly because of the biggest, and in my humble opinion the worst, change with respect to Labor Day. Years ago, the general election campaigns didn't really start until after Labor Day."
"Now they start after the inauguration."
"I know you're trying to be funny, but it's close to the truth. I am so sick of…"
"David."
"What?"
"We agreed, and Cheryl requires that we don't ever talk about politics at the bar. You don't want to get Curley in trouble again, do you?"
"Okay, okay. I'll give it a rest."
"That's good."
"You guys want some food?"
"Mushrooms, Curley. Two orders of Teagan's Stuffed Mushrooms."
"Coming right up!"
Maybe Linus is planning to make some beer
I am sorry if you're having a boring breakfast. This happened days ago.
Backyard buffet - birds, and bunnies
Pumpkin plants are everywhere now. We planted zero of them
You know these are a favorite of mine. Seeing more and more lately
I think I saw this on an album cover in the 60's
I get the message, I'll go around.
Check out the video if you want to hear him.
Hartford from Great River Park - always seems to attract branches right there
Foggy Hartford
Mushrooms
Rose of Sharon
One Flag - Every American
Bridge to Nowhere continues the tradition of character driven stories with strong female characters and well-researched scenarios and the return of a favorite character.
Pittsburgh reporter Rachael Todd has a hard deadline — and it's personal. Her friend is a murder suspect. He knew the victim. He had a strong motive and a weak alibi. Rachael's certain he is being framed, and she'll have to live up to her nickname "Rascal" to clear him.
Bridge to Nowhere
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