I’m Famous In Chile

A few weeks ago I had a visitor to my Wine blog, they left their email so they could get updates. It seemed like the email was from Chile, so I sent them a message, come to find out they had Googled Chilean Grapes which took them to my blog. The person I found out is a famous journalist in Chile and wanted to write a little article about Chilean grapes and their use in the US. Here is a copy of the article, I made page 2 right behind President Obama!

Check it out.

Footnote: Shaggy’s Brookwood Vineyard blog can be found here.

Lessons Learned at New Bedford 2009

          When following Scoobie into the finish gate – don’t believe the clock when it is stuck – she runs so fast the whole display system freezes. Don’t believe the display time, just know you’re a Bimbler and you always do your best, give it your all, leave nothing out there, ya’ know stuff like that!

When the “sweaty, foot slappin’ – heavy breathin’ – running WAY too close to ya’ – guy” runs on top of you and pops the question “can I pace off you?” Spuds will tell you… “Just say no!” [Read more...]

Achievement

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

Helen Keller

New Bedford Half Results

Results from the New Bedford Half have been posted on CoolRunning, results for the local runners I knew were running are:

John Steele 1:40:51

Dan Broom 1:41:53

Brendan Coyle 1:45:26

Karen Febbraio 1:48:34 (3rd in age group)

Cathi Bosco 1:48:57

Sarah Vaughan 1:50:20

Jen Broom 1:52:14

George Papuga 2:17:59

Hope I didn’t miss anyone. Great job everyone!

Mastery

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Tao Te Ching [Read more...]

The power

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

Alexander Graham Bell

The way things are

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

Bertolt Brecht

Vision

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

James Broughton

It ain’t going to be easy

It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard… is what makes it great.

Tom Hanks, “League of their Own”

Doubt

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Christian Bovee