The There There Letter: Addresses, Admiration, and Alicante Bouschet
Three things from DAH.
DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. I write, organize, plan, produce, manage, direct, act, sing, promote, and make change (not the coin kind).
First up this week, Addresses …
I haven't even read this book, yet, and I can't wait to do so (I had to order it from England): "The Address Book" by Deidre Mask. I have issues with the labeling of people, places, things … because naming and labeling defines and controls, often in ways unaccepted or undesired by the person/place/thing being labeled. In my lazy thinking, I hadn't extended that concern to street addresses. But, of course, fixing and labeling locations is a means of control. An address (physical or digital) can certainly provide convenience, but at what cost to independence and freedom? The book review in The Guardian got me thinking: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power.
Second up this week, Admiration …
What Wikipedia says: "Admiration is a social emotion felt by observing people of competence, talent, or skill exceeding standards. Admiration facilitates social learning in groups. Admiration motivates self-improvement through learning from role-models." And that gets my emotions all tangled up with hero-worship, which isn't the same as admiration, although excessive admiration can get you there. Bottom line: I can appreciate admirable traits and features of something or someone without endorsing or worshipping the whole of that something or someone. Yeah, I'm in a musing mode. And everything seems like politics these days.
I can admire the writing, but the author is not necessarily my hero
Third up this week, Alicante Bouschet …
It isn't easy to find a wine bottle labeled with the varietal name Alicante Bouschet. It is easy, on the other hand, to find Alicante Bouschet in old vineyards and field-blend types of wine (field-blend suggests that the whole field containing more than one varietal was picked and vinified together). Fun wine fact of the week: The juice of most wine grapes is clear, regardless of the skin color. Leaving the juice in contact with dark grape skins is what provides red wines with their color. But Alicante Bouschet is that rare red grape with red juice, an interesting (admirable?) feature desirable in old-school red blends.
Lovers of Big Reds Look To Alicante Bouschet
That's all for this week.
From Mary Oliver's poem "Sometimes" …
DAH is me, David Anthony Hance. I write, organize, plan, produce, manage, direct, act, sing, promote, and make change (not the coin kind).
First up this week, Addresses …
I haven't even read this book, yet, and I can't wait to do so (I had to order it from England): "The Address Book" by Deidre Mask. I have issues with the labeling of people, places, things … because naming and labeling defines and controls, often in ways unaccepted or undesired by the person/place/thing being labeled. In my lazy thinking, I hadn't extended that concern to street addresses. But, of course, fixing and labeling locations is a means of control. An address (physical or digital) can certainly provide convenience, but at what cost to independence and freedom? The book review in The Guardian got me thinking: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power.
Second up this week, Admiration …
What Wikipedia says: "Admiration is a social emotion felt by observing people of competence, talent, or skill exceeding standards. Admiration facilitates social learning in groups. Admiration motivates self-improvement through learning from role-models." And that gets my emotions all tangled up with hero-worship, which isn't the same as admiration, although excessive admiration can get you there. Bottom line: I can appreciate admirable traits and features of something or someone without endorsing or worshipping the whole of that something or someone. Yeah, I'm in a musing mode. And everything seems like politics these days.
I can admire the writing, but the author is not necessarily my hero
Third up this week, Alicante Bouschet …
It isn't easy to find a wine bottle labeled with the varietal name Alicante Bouschet. It is easy, on the other hand, to find Alicante Bouschet in old vineyards and field-blend types of wine (field-blend suggests that the whole field containing more than one varietal was picked and vinified together). Fun wine fact of the week: The juice of most wine grapes is clear, regardless of the skin color. Leaving the juice in contact with dark grape skins is what provides red wines with their color. But Alicante Bouschet is that rare red grape with red juice, an interesting (admirable?) feature desirable in old-school red blends.
Lovers of Big Reds Look To Alicante Bouschet
That's all for this week.
From Mary Oliver's poem "Sometimes" …
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
Please feel free to share any or all of this newsletter.
If you're seeing it for the first time, you can subscribe at TheThereThere.com
Don't miss what's next. Subscribe to The There There: