While I was Musing the Fire Burned.

There is pain, in this world, that once experienced leaves a permanent scar in our heart.  We are changed for as long as we live.  And though we walk through life, and laugh, and love; something of ourselves has been removed.

I believe, being Catholic, that when we talk about the peace of God; we are talking about that moment when God returns our hearts to the way they were before that pain.  To those who have experienced such suffering, that alone would be salvation.

Corrupting good manners.

2007 was the worst year I have had for keeping this blog regularly updated.  It was not from lack of intention but a product of over stimulation.  Writing has become a luxury I haven’t had time for since starting work at Cobb.  One of my New Year’s resolutions is to work on this.

This blog is the closest thing to a diary I have had, and I find myself a little disconnected without posting.  Links, updates, comments, and complaints I have had with myself disappear because of a lack of documentation. So, while this is not a big post; hopefully it will be a start… or rather a re-start.

I have also updated the wine list; adding, appropriately for the date, a couple bottles of sparkling white wine and a really awful Riesling.  I have started a scotch list, but don’t have enough to post just yet.  Thankfully a friend has remedied this problem and we will post that when I have had a chance to review those bottles.