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600 Grape Vines Planted
It is a day to remember. Six hundred grafted Riesling Vines in the ground, with drip irrigation working. The potted plants are looking...
Lawrence Stanley
May 5, 20231 min read
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Planting Grapes, Continued
Winter is over, and Summer is here. It was hot out there this week planting grapes. We have about 200 planted, and 400 to go! It is hard...
Lawrence Stanley
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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My First Grape Vine
Today, late in the day, 600 grape vines were delivered. We have been working like crazy to get everything ready and we made it. I am...
Lawrence Stanley
Apr 18, 20231 min read
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Death and Taxes—a curse over the centuries
It is tax time, my least favorite time of year, but a time that cannot be avoided. The Federal tax code is over 5 million words and it...
Lawrence Stanley
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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Sailing Tampa Bay
We enjoyed the Easter weekend sailing Tampa bay. It is surprisingly large, over 400 square miles and is rich with marine life—we...
Lawrence Stanley
Apr 12, 20232 min read
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Black Reparations - AI says it is not appropriate.
I saw this in the paper this week. SAN FRANCISCO » It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for...
Lawrence Stanley
Apr 1, 20232 min read
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The Final Read
The hardest thing for me as a writer is to make that final edit and call it done. The fourteen books of the Runner Series are all...
Lawrence Stanley
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Winter Storms
What a winter it has been in California! (Sorry to the rest of the world where this kind of thing is normal). We were still cleaning up...
Lawrence Stanley
Feb 26, 20233 min read
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The First Day
Last night, I ordered 120 posts and two miles of 14 gauge wire. It should arrive today, and I will begin the process of planting a...
Lawrence Stanley
Feb 18, 20232 min read
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FEMA Incompetence or Politics?
I saw a news report last night describing the scope of the chemical disaster that resulted from the train derailment in New Palestine,...
Lawrence Stanley
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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Living in Concrete Boxes
Watching the news all week about the horrible effects of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria got me thinking. I have witnessed plenty of...
Lawrence Stanley
Feb 11, 20231 min read
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