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Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you. (St. Augustine)
On Easter, my guilt rises. I regret praising only now, now that I’ve been amazed by a love that surpasses righteousness. I hurry to get everything back in order (knead the traditional dough, type the [...]

As you can see, I apparently gave up blogging for Lent. But Christ is risen, and so shall this website. For now, here’s this year’s Easter Email. Drink up!
…upon him was the punishment that made us whole…
Bowed and bleeding, One cried in the garden, “Let this cup pass.” But there was [...]

In an aberrant moment of responsibility, I locked the door in my euphoria for buying materials for brewing. The only problem was that the items I so carefully secured in our apartment included my keys. So I could get neither the elements of beer nor into my residence. After some unsuccessful efforts [...]