ken zirkel » Holidays http://zirkel.com/blog Gonna drive to the Stop 'n' Shop / with the radio on at night Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:05:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Xmas cards http://zirkel.com/blog/2009/12/19/xmas-cards-2/ http://zirkel.com/blog/2009/12/19/xmas-cards-2/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:43:47 +0000 Ken Zirkel http://zirkel.com/blog/?p=1621 Xmas cards are signed, sealed, and ready to be delivered. The count this year is about 76 cards.

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And Son and Daughter and Abby.

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So I looked for a new source online. I tried a few places, and finally settled on Bellwether Cidery in Trumansburg, NY. The ordering process is easy, the prices are affordable, the service is fast, and the cider is extraordinary. The Lord Scudamore is my favorite, but I like to try new ones each year. I’ll add that, while I love sparkling cider, and I love non-alcoholic apple cider, for some reason I’m not much of a fan of non-sparkling hard cider. Gotta have those bubbles.

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Bellwether Hard Cider

]]> http://zirkel.com/blog/2009/10/23/time-to-order-the-cider/feed/ 0 Twas the night before Groundhog Day http://zirkel.com/blog/2009/02/01/twas-the-night/ http://zirkel.com/blog/2009/02/01/twas-the-night/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:57:27 +0000 Ken Zirkel http://zirkel.com/blog/?p=1226 Son wrote a poem about Groundhog Day, based on Clement Moore’s poem. Click on the graphic to see a larger version.

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