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Weyward by Emilia Hart (2023)

June 21, 2024 by April Trepagnier Leave a Comment

Emilia Hart’s 2023 novel Weyward ended up in my library via the Book of the Month Club*. Although I considered it interesting enough to select from the monthly list, it had no other distinguishing features that would escalate it on my TBR list. However, I did place this debut novel into the BBB Bookclub consideration box, and it became the July 2024 pick. Although the dust … [Read more...] about Weyward by Emilia Hart (2023)

Japanese Whisky with Chuck Johnson

May 13, 2024 by April Trepagnier Leave a Comment

Japanese Whisky with Chuck Johnson

Subscribe Apple PodcastSpotifyYouTubeGoogle PodcastAmazon MusicTuneInAudible Originally recorded: 20230728 Length: 00:41:07 Should we have recorded two shows in one night? Probably not. But Ape and Reba double booked themselves and we are nothing if not professionals. Did you keep a straight face on that last part? Neither did I when I typed it. At any rate, here’s … [Read more...] about Japanese Whisky with Chuck Johnson

Asinine, Journey, Crazy, or Truth

May 7, 2024 by April Trepagnier Leave a Comment

the world's greatest lie Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Seventeen years, give or take, whether or not you count MySpace. Seventeen years, depending on if you count those years where I couldn’t—didn’t. Seventeen years.  I have been writing words and pushing publish for seventeen years. Depending on how you calculate these kinds of things, a person could call it an asinine waste of time or the greatest journey ever. I … [Read more...] about Asinine, Journey, Crazy, or Truth

Balcones Texas Pot Still Straight Bourbon Whisky

April 24, 2024 by April Trepagnier Leave a Comment

Balcones Texas Pot Still Straight Bourbon Whisky

Subscribe Apple PodcastSpotifyYouTubeGoogle PodcastAmazon MusicTuneInAudible Originally recorded: 20230903 Length: 55:43 We thought we hadn’t had this one before. A discovery of an empty bottle suggests we were wrong. So, in this episode, Ape and Reba give Balcones its due – and discover some pretty cool stuff about what it means to be “Texas Whisky.” Type: Texas … [Read more...] about Balcones Texas Pot Still Straight Bourbon Whisky

April Math (8+8+8 rule)

April 20, 2024 by April Trepagnier Leave a Comment

8+8+8 rule

I know I am supposed to be writing new stuff – and I am, sort of. Not sort of. Exactly new stuff. But it is all school stuff. All of it. The thing I posted yesterday was written seven years ago. The thing I posted before that – three months ago. The last podcast I published – December. That was also the last we recorded anything new.  I told myself that I was not going to do … [Read more...] about April Math (8+8+8 rule)

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