beer and boats (1)

There is a blogger out in the wilds of Connecticut who has a regular feature entitled something like  “ If We Were Having a Beer ” . He mentions Yeungling in just about every one of those posts , it seems . Yeungling is a delicacy in those parts , I suspect , a relatively local brand of beer . These posts are conversations during which a variety of small talk occurs and profound revelations about life are revealed with a light humor if not light beer .

Another blogger friend of mine up in the Pacific Northwest , thus directly opposite the CT guy if one views the world  with a USA-centered bias , occasionally take us on walks around the neighborhoods of Portland. His are photograph -based wanderings  around the town and he shows us common objects that somehow take on more significance simply by being pointed…