ramblings from an arkansas farm girl
Fog hovers above the lake
and moves along the shore
like a live thing.
In the distance,
the docks are barely visible,
ghostly even.
The oak trees beyond my porch
sit motionless,
watching for the sun.
A cool morning in July
feels as rare as this spot
hidden in the Ozark Mountains.
The birds sing a thousand songs
as everyone sleeps.
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Musical Pairing:
Danny Wright – White Lyte
Lake Day! The day we packed the car and headed to the lake felt Christmas Eve exciting. For one week, the Ozark Mountains replaced our Delta fields. The lake promised a change of pace beyond scenery.
Food tasted better—barbecue, hand churned ice cream, hot dogs roasted on the island with a sprinkle of sand blown by the warm wind.
Inside our cabin, the air smelled distinct and exotic, the smell of a special place locked up tight until summer. Through the jumble of trees, our glittery lake had waited for us a whole year. A year spent growing taller, learning fractions, playing kickball.
At long last, we were home at the lake where our days spread long and lazy and everything felt easy.
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
The Beatles – Good Day Sunshine
Bradley Anderson, Veritas Wine Room, Dallas, Texas
Veritas Wine Room is so much more than wine. It’s a cozy place to hang out “where everyone knows your name”… Owners Bradley and Brooks Anderson, East Dallas boys, are knowledgeable and passionate and can assist with wine selection all night long. It’s what they do. They also know how to host a Sunday night lobster boil on the third Sunday of each month. Next one = this Sunday, July 20th!
TJ’s Fresh Seafood Market + Veritas Wine Room
Once a month, feast on a huge lobster with all the fixins’. That means corn, potatoes, mussels and clams from TJ’s Fresh Seafood Market. Oh my. All for only $35. It’s a deal.
Subscribe to Veritas’ email newsletter to keep up with weekly happenings such as half-price glasses from open to close every Monday, special dinners, wine tastings and wood-fired pizza night (via Il Cane Rosso). Sometimes they have wine and chocolate tastings…
Yes. Veritas is much more than wine.
Wine, wine, everywhere wine.
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Musical Pairing:
Under the Sea – The Little Mermaid
How to eat a lobster…
