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Category Archives: Story
Memories That Will Last Forever From A Bottle of Wine — Remembering Grandpa One Year Later
One year ago today, on Sunday, May 1, 2011, my grandpa, “Charlie” Lorey left us. After a 10 month battle with congestive heart failure and a wonderful Easter Sunday dinner, my grandpa’s heart could not bear the struggle no more. … Continue reading
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The Voice of a Grape: Just Swell
I am peeking through, showing you a little color. Thanks to the warm weather, I have poked through on the vine branch. This is still an early process, but things are starting to happen more quickly now. You may even … Continue reading
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The Voice of a Grape: I’m Bleeding…but in a good way.
It has been warm lately and this has heated up the soil around my roots. Things are starting to happen(or may have happend). After I have been pruned in the winter, or after harvest, I have a few cuts on … Continue reading
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The Voice of a Grape
Go ahead, look at me. I look like nothing. A dead twig. Not very beautiful or enticing. But I am working. Spring is in the air and I am starting to get ready. Before you know it, I will start … Continue reading
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