Monday, June 21, 2021

Three Beautiful Things 06/20/2021:Father's Day Taco Feed, Rahm Wins the US Open, Radio Beers on the Deck

 Note: If you'd like to look at the program and read the welcome, prayers, Bible selections, and my eulogy from Everett's Celebration of Life on Saturday, it's all posted at this link: https://bit.ly/3qpcO53


1. Since I'm taking a trip with Patrick and Meagan to Montana on Monday and since Zoe is staying at the house with Luna and Copper, I spent much of the morning cleaning the house.

By 2:00, though, it was time to jet over to Paul and Carol's for a quiet and easy Father's Day taco feed. 

It was relaxing to spend time with Molly, Zoe, Cosette, Taylor, Sapphire, Christy, Tracy, Paul, and Carol. Yes, we've seen a lot of each other this weekend, but with the Celebration of Life completed, it was fun to wind down with a mojito and to eat some ground beef or shrimp tacos made with flour or corn tortillas. 

2. I returned home and watched Spain's Jon Rahm dramatically birdie 17 and 18 en route to his one stroke victory over Louis Oosthuizen to win the 2021 U. S. Open golf championship. Oosthuizen opened the way for Rahm to charge to victory when he hit his tee shot into a gnarly penalty area on the 17th hole and bogeyed it. Rahm's victory was especially dramatic because a couple of weeks ago he was forced to withdraw from the Memorial golf tournament after three rounds because he tested positive for Covid. He was devastated by that development, but bounced back in an almost unimaginable way to win this most challenging major golf tournament.

3. After having dinner at Radio Brewing, Meagan and Patrick swung by with two cans of three different beers from Radio. While Patrick and Meagan shared two cans of Idaho Sexy Huckleberry Wheat Ale, I was knocked over by how much I enjoyed two cans of Radio's Horchata Cream Ale. I loved how the cinnamon and vanilla came on strong and I enjoyed the way this cream ale felt in my mouth. We closed out our session by splitting a pint of vanilla coffee stout that I had in the refrigerator and while we enjoyed these beers we talked about a range of subjects, covering everything from family matters to the now deceased radio host Art Bell! It was a great time on the deck. Luna and Copper especially enjoyed joining us and I loved watching them become more and more comfortable with being in the back yard. 

 

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