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Brian Wise has (had) a drift boat and did guide trips, but I haven't heard from him in quite a while. His website is deactivated so he may have moved on to other things. I'll sniff around and see if I can contact him and/or get some ideas. Hopefully someone can help because it sounds like a great plan in the making.

Finished up the Limoncello this weekend. The zest gives up everything it has and is kinda stiff, with an almost crispy texture at this point. It's interesting that you get all 750 ml back after soaking the zest for a few weeks. I run it though a coffee filter and it's perfectly clear. But, once you add the simple syrup it goes cloudy. Not sure what the science is behind that. Popped a small sample into the freezer for a while to get it ice cold. Pretty tasty! Pretty easy recipe and doesn't take any special equipment to do. Scrubbing and zesting the lemons is the hard part.

I've seen recipes like that, and always think they sound good, but I've never done one. I'd be interested to see what you come up with.

I'm either at Chris' 461-1928 or Kevin's 254-2727😀

Chili Colorado using dried Anaheim and poblano chiles from the garden. Twas delicious! Missus approved too.

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I don't think they'd believe me😀

Opened another of #11 today. This was bottled 10/2024. Very nice but I think it has plateaued. I've learned to let it age a minimum of 6 months. Started another three gallons a few days ago. That'll be gifted next Christmas. Also started another batch of Limoncello for this Christmas. This is really easy; the hardest part is scrubbing the wax off the lemons. 12 lemons zested, 750 ml Everclear. I always feel like I need to explain why I'm buying Everclear to whoever is checking me out😀 That'll soak for three weeks and will come out a bright yellow. Squeeze it all out and dilute with a simple syrup to about 33% ABV. Our version is not too sweet. Word on the street is there's some brewing going on over in Ballwin @ColdWaterFshr

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From Chat GPT Nice — I put together a concise table of the known comet candidates most likely to be of interest between 2025–2026, with visibility notes for someone in Kansas City, KS. I also saved it as a CSV you can download. What I included C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) — best near-term naked-eye candidate (Oct–Nov 2025). C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) — possible late Nov 2025 candidate; behavior uncertain. 3I/ATLAS (interstellar) — re-emergence expected Dec 2025; unpredictable. 24P/Schaumasse — modest, binocular/telescope target around Jan 2026 (not naked-eye). C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) — possible mag ~5–6 early 2026 but close to the Sun (hard to see). Important caveats Predictions change. Comet brightness and visibility estimates are updated as objects are observed more — they can brighten suddenly or disintegrate. The best ongoing trackers are Aerith (Seiichi Yoshida), JPL Horizons / SBDB, COBS (Comet Observation Database), EarthSky and TheSkyLive. For years 2027–2035, no reliable predictions currently list new comets that are guaranteed to be naked-eye; discoveries can happen anytime, so keep monitoring the sources above. Download the table Download the CSV of upcoming comets 2025–2026 If you want, next I can immediately do one of the following (pick one) — I’ll run it right now: Generate a printable sky map for C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) for Kansas City on the night of its closest approach (Oct 21, 2025), with direction/altitude and best time to look. Make a simple 10-year watchlist (2025–2035) that automatically polls the key sources and outputs an updated table you can refresh later (note: I’ll include instructions and links — I can’t run background monitoring). Send observing tips and a short checklist (when to go out, where to point, binocular recommendations, phone apps to use). Which one do you want me to do now?

@BilletHead You mentioned not being able to see the lights your phone picked up. The comet picture I took and showed earlier in this thread only happened because someone there told me where to point my camera. I couldn't see it myself.

White chili soup, last of the fall lettuce Meanwhile, over at the counter... IMG_5460.mov

I know the smell, and it can be wonderful. Back to procedural matters: We held an emergency session of the What's Cooking committee and this line of discussion is provisionally approved, subject to some stuff and other things. But once this 'recipe' progresses to fermentation, please continue the discussion in that other thread, which we have forgotten the name of, but you should be able to figure out. Thank you for your attention to this matter

Agree-the others are so thick and hard and kinda tear up your mouth. Interesting to hear they have a following outside the KC area.

White chili. Looks a little thin for chili I know, but very tastyand prefer this. Maybe I'll just change the name to soup 😀

I don't know how widely distributed LaTiara taco shells are, but they've been a staple in KC and our house for decades. They're just the best. They closed a couple years back and there's been a lot of interest in them possibly coming back. It seems they are! https://kmbc.com/article/la-tiara-taco-shells-production-planned-january-2026/69383485

I hope you are able to read this article regarding one of the 14 cemeteries throughout Europe that hold the remains of US soldiers killed in WWII. It's amazing the gratitude the locals have, even 80 years later. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/opinion/veterans-day-world-war-ii.html I mentioned before that on our trip to Normandy last summer it was really moving to see the remembrances, and there were as many US flags and French around Utah and Omaha beaches. They truly appreciate what the Allies did for them. Let me know if you can't get to the article and I'll try to cut/paste some of it.

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Vegetable beef soup.

Lotta work but very worth it I'm sure!

We were down to lettuce and a few peppers. Brought all that in Saturday, gifted some lettuce to a neighbor and then I dried all the red poblanos and Anaheims for chili powder and chili Colorado down the road. 20 degrees here this morning.

Around freezing here all day but very windy. Just nasty! We've got the fireplace going now and I've got a Brittany with his head in my lap and another further down on the couch. It's pretty cozy in here tonight.

Corn Chowder, improved. With a can of creamed corn instead of corn in blender. Better texture for sure, and a little sweeter too, as expected. One pot easy. A keeper.

Interesting. Me, I just never fish them. Nothing against them, I know they'll catch fish. I just never get around to them even though there are a few in the box.

Short answer is yes, it's a wet fly. Based on the swept back, softer hackles it's made with, I'd put it in the 'soft hackle' sub category.