Wine Cellar
Posted on | January 9, 2008 | No Comments
Started to use a new system to track my wine… well, I am not doing it, I have employed someone else to do it. The bulk of my wine is still sitting in Seattle, as it was way too hot in July when I moved to relocate it to this area, my new house was still under construction and well, it was also going to cost nearly $5000 to move… so it sits in a great facility in Bellevue, WA, Eastside Wine Storage where they store it, rack it, inventory it, track it, accept new shipments, reship and hold tastings and keep a live exchange board for memebers to trade, swap, sell or just drink wine… neat place.
They use a great free site, Cellar Trackerto maintain your inventory and help you keep track what is in all those cases.
Its too easy in fact, so easy I am struggling to have my wine moved. I might do the same thing Arizona and have to cellars… seriousely… I need help.
This “Bellevue Cellar” holds currently 406 bottles. At my home in Phoenix, I have about 50 so far… its a problem I can’t control!
Moving, Unpacking, Purging, Discovery, Memory Lane…
Posted on | January 9, 2008 | No Comments
Lots in that opening line… but since I recently moved to Arizona, its a dry heat, I have had the chance to pack, purge and re-arrange many boxes of “things” that I felt I just could not live without.
I did manage to purge many things prior to the move, but recently in an additional effort to organize the mess in the garage, I realized I still had more to purge, which I separated into the appropriate piles (recycle, regular trash and then the shredder pile – personal stuff).
Once interesting thing about this exercise (started moving things from cardboard type boxes to those need see through and colored plastics bins) is that the 1-2 hours I thought I would spend this past weekend turned into 5-6 hours plus since I started down memory lane.
Yes, hundreds and hundreds of pictures, old journals, letters, cards, poems, random notebooks and much much more… I didn
New Heights of Simple Sights
Posted on | January 7, 2008 | No Comments
your eyes shine bright
and your hair falls damp
curls twirl against my cheek
I squeeze you ever so tight
oh… how content
and yet so strong
your glow leaps inside this room
and back again, laying beside
the mirror of my heart
I close the gap with hands so sure
as our hearts keep beating to this song
leaning ever forward, into this day
we settle once upon our place in time
now, an oasis of serenity
gliding across your satin lips
I feel you quiver at my touch
you paint my face with locks of brown
and circle round to stake your claim
slowly we stride to rhythmic charm
discovering new heights of simple sights
exhaling in loves harmonic alarm
wasting not a moments night
~ philip m devin
Strands of Hair
Posted on | January 6, 2008 | No Comments
I’ve been stumbling around
for far too long,
just drifting up and down,
so many years
I’ve been praying that a heaven
could be found
but all those days they were,
just so full of tears.
floating without a trace,
I was…
thinking out of place
I was…
wishing I was strong
and I was…
searching for your warm embrace.
just when it started
to weigh down on me,
my gaze brought me back again
and there I was,
in the strands of your hair
the place I knew
I had to be…
falling down all over me,
an ocean of green
was crashing into me
and with the touch of your hand
I was sure…
my heart would rise and stand
and I knew…
your smile would sings to my ears
I just knew…
and now,
your story is my soul to keep
till the misty morning light
brings you closer,
oh how you curl up tight.
dancing floating into life,
I am…
all around your mind
with finger tied and tight
and how we will see,
what new days there will be
~ philip m devin
My Soul To Rest
Posted on | January 6, 2008 | No Comments
I’ve been stumbling around
for oh so many years
thinking my heaven was found
but days on end were filled with tears
for all this loneliness for oooh so long
I’ve been floating without a trace
and thinking I must have grown quite strong
but missing the warmth of a true embrace
just then when it began to weighed down on me
I looked through the strands of your hair
and there I saw it, the place I wanted to be
the world was in your eyes, it dashed away my despair
and for sure with the touch of your hand
my heart began to rise and stand
listening to your bright smile ring in my ears
and I knew, there it was after all these years
you tell me your stories till the misty morning light
never a better home can there be for my soul to rest
as you move in a little closer and curl up tight
oh God how I thank you for leaving me so blessed
tethered to my jacket you measure our time
and all around your mind my fingers climb
you lean against my chest, to a wondrous beat
dancing into life, new days set upon our feet
~philip m devin
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