We are each enough
After hearing so many stories about so many people, it occurs to me that we, each of us, …is enough. By that I mean, we each have enough of whatever it is that we are meant to share. We may not always see what that “enough” is, so busy are we trying to find out how to get more of something else. Ok - enough with the double talk. On to my story. Or actually the story of Coach Tim Lewis of Compton, California. It’s the story of a young man with talents, who, like so many, made some bad choices, and like so many, was seemingly derailed from the path best chosen. Instead he ended up in trouble and alone.Well, flash forward a good many years, and this man, clearly older, wiser and clearer, has made some new choices that include building the characters of boys and girls in a challenged community by sharing his love of baseball. Perhaps he wasn’t so derailed after all.
Please visit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#31434372 and watch this short video on a man with so much to share. It’s a great story.
I’LL DRINK TO THAT!
You don’t have to travel all the way to Italy to find a delicious Sangiovese. This great grape of the Chianti region grows very well along the hillside slopes of Santa Barbara County’s Ballard Canyon. Rusack Vineyards offers up a beautiful California Style rendition. Well balanced and fruit forward, the 2005 I just opened was big and well rounded with flavors of chocolate and coffee. So good with a steak on the grill. Haven’t tried the ‘06 yet, but we all should soon. This boutique vineyard and winery produced only 424 cases of this wine.
‘06 Rusack Sangiovese - $32.00
And if you live in the Los Angeles area, take the weekend off, head north a couple of hours and visit the wineries nestled in the gorgeous oak-studded, vineyard cordouroyd hills of the Santa Ynez Valley near Solvang. Cheers!
View of hills from Rusack
Date: June 22, 2009
