{"id":8970,"date":"2020-05-11T08:38:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimmypribble.com\/blog\/?p=8970"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:24:38","slug":"the-sheltering-in-place-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/the-sheltering-in-place-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sheltering (in Place) Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After graduating in December, I decided to take a couple of months off to relax and do some traveling. I managed to do some camping just as the coronavirus hit, but now we have been ordered to shelter in place<\/em>. Here are some things I have been doing and that maybe you can do to occupy your time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\t1. Read a book. A really big book.<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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I leaned into the pandemic and chose Wanderers<\/em> by Chuck Wendig. It’s 782 pages of unsettling suspense amidst the deep, familiar shadows of uncomfortable current events. I’m also reading The Sheltering Sky<\/em> by Paul Bowles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\t2. Practice your whisky tasting.<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I had an unopened bottle of Highland Park 12 yo ‘Viking Honour’ Whisky that was given to me by my dear friend, Erin. I would have shared with her, but she is not a whisky drinker. So, I poured myself a dram in a classic Glencairn whisky glass, tasted the whisky with and without water, and compared notes with my favorite whisky reviewer – Ralfy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralfy’s tasting notes: “Nose – clean, slightly phenolic, fragrant, some Cranberry, toffee, sultana, little bit fusile… little bit of apricot in the background, some spicy notes including cardamom and nutmeg…” After tasting, he goes on: “…some phenolic, minty, twiggy, toffee, apricot, some ginger, barley sugar…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy’s tasting notes: Tastes like… whisky? Yes, this is definitely whisky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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