“LANDLINE” — AN EMAIL BULLETIN BY JAY BABCOCK No. 0021 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2021 Greetings friends, Days are all over the map temperature-wise but we’re definitely headed into colder evenings now. Which means it’s getting time for the traditional late autumn set-up: in one hand, a glass of body-warming herbal firewater; in the other, a relaxing, sparkly
Thank you so much. I love these Landlines--keep them coming. I dig the whole humble "under the radar" vibe of it--like I am in a super secret club.
I too am a forager and smoker of the Old Man (mugwort). In fact, just yesterday I clipped some drying leaves and burned them like incense as I was hanging out down on the banks of the American River with my daughters, watching the weather change.
I am curious however: What is in this body warming firewater you write of?
Hi Jay--I just subscribed--not because you shared the secret of your firewater (ha ha!)-- but because I realize what you are doing IS the type of thing I do value and want to exist (and continue to exist) in the world.
Here is a firewater I've been enjoying quite a bit lately:
Thank you, Jared. That sounds awesome, will look for it here in Tucson. If anyone has any other suggestions, please share your finds here. Firewaters can be such useful allies in cold dark times.
Thank you so much. I love these Landlines--keep them coming. I dig the whole humble "under the radar" vibe of it--like I am in a super secret club.
I too am a forager and smoker of the Old Man (mugwort). In fact, just yesterday I clipped some drying leaves and burned them like incense as I was hanging out down on the banks of the American River with my daughters, watching the weather change.
I am curious however: What is in this body warming firewater you write of?
But to answer your question, Jared: I've been drinking some pretty decent absinthe lately.
Hi Jay--I just subscribed--not because you shared the secret of your firewater (ha ha!)-- but because I realize what you are doing IS the type of thing I do value and want to exist (and continue to exist) in the world.
Here is a firewater I've been enjoying quite a bit lately:
https://humboldtdistillery.com/spirits/humboldts-finest/
Not exactly vodka, not exactly gin, but both--with maybe a little something reminiscent of tequila. It's a good sip around an autumn fire-pit.
Thank you, Jared. That sounds awesome, will look for it here in Tucson. If anyone has any other suggestions, please share your finds here. Firewaters can be such useful allies in cold dark times.
Answer available to paying subscribers only! (Haha. But seriously. If this is of value, please support.)