Parting With My Past

This week I’m executing a project that has taken me deep down Memory Lane. I’m cleaning up my cowboy boots.

In a former life, as a rock’n’roll disk jockey, particularly one whose career took him to Texas for several year, I wore cowboy boots a lot.

Cowboy boots

My all-around best, “go-to” pair of cowboy boots (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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Irish Halloween Bread! Barmbrack

We just passed the first anniversary of our trip to Ireland (see Every Sign a Song Cue). The whole country seemed to be preparing for Halloween, which gave us a chance to observe some local customs, such as sampling Barmbrack, a type of Irish sweet bread most often associated with Halloween.

Barmbrack

Aly’s barmbrack, Irish Halloween bread (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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