“The question is always where to start the story. That’s the first question. Trying to find a beginning, trying to impose order on the great psychotic fast-forward merry-go-round, and trying to impose order is the first step toward ending up in a park somewhere, painted blue, singing ‘row, row, row your boat’ to an audience of saggy-lipped junkies and business-people munching oat-bran muffins. And that’s how this story ends, good buddy. “So if you are concerned with the logic and sequence of things, and the crescendo of suspense up to a good shocker of an ending, you best be getting back to your video games and your amassing wealth. Leave the meaningless details to the poets and the photographers. And they’re all meaningless details, my friends.” — Rachel Corrie the title bail·i·wick[bey-luh-wik] (late Middle English) a person’s area of skill, knowledge, or work terr·oir[tair-wahr] (French) loosely translated as “a sense of place” the work all content in this site is created by ME (unless otherwise credited)Tumblr (3.0; @andrewlnapier)http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/andrewlnapier/50720399973/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_50720399973" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Flor</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50720399973http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50720399973Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:33 -0400floweryellowspringmy backyard<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/60e10812da9ffbac9a2754d98883b0d0/tumblr_mkpn7v3bgh1qe2bg8o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><span>This woman.</span></p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50694253945http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50694253945Fri, 17 May 2013 21:44:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cb4e8c9932d47fdeb6da6f840c10652a/tumblr_mmyxbv75kY1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New World wine dinner for one:<br/> mixed greens with dried currants, walnuts, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar, with a rosé from Washington.<br/> grass-fed filet with pinotage pan sauce, with a pinotage from South Africa.</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50689234601http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50689234601Fri, 17 May 2013 20:28:43 -0400personaldinnerfoodwinerosépinotagesteakfiletspringFriday night<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/05ee2fbb6dd1e08b66e902fcafb9a0df/tumblr_mmyckpQArB1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9a3e9ceaf5f7204cd1648e98f81f4301/tumblr_mmyckpQArB1qif5xao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ffbac624e40326103fa8a5a8a876cbf/tumblr_mmyckpQArB1qif5xao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c17bb83501aa85a9413c3c11d75a169b/tumblr_mmyckpQArB1qif5xao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Yesterday, we continued to remove sucklings throughout the older red blocks. </p> <p>Today, we were greeted with a long list of projects around the vineyard. It was some hard work, but we did well. Lots of moving things: old barrels, old barrel racks, firewood, old bamboo.</p> <p>Just before I left, we started shoot-thinning the young Semillon.</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50660525634http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50660525634Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:25 -0400vineyardworkspring<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f1535e9b6aec68abee0df6e38104d3f/tumblr_mmvahi65F81qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/89df5040c23c77bdca4e4d81634e9bbc/tumblr_mmvahi65F81qif5xao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Today work started with me joining in on tasting some of the young Bordeaux blends from different barrels to compare the influence from different coopers.</p> <p>Then it was out into the young Cab Sauv vines to shoot thin. We are leaving the top four shoots (two each direction) and pulling off the rest.</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50542237979http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50542237979Wed, 15 May 2013 21:22:29 -0400workwinevineyardpersonalspringcabernet sauvignonviticulture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30d57c112d87568cc20dafdcdce9af75/tumblr_mmtklrBk7L1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/150e20639d8a18da3cb2a909f6fee4e4/tumblr_mmtklrBk7L1qif5xao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/73506dd30de48bc50a1d229225b7185c/tumblr_mmtklrBk7L1qif5xao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Today in the vineyard, we removed all the sucklings from the trunks of Petit Verdot vines.</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50470885046http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50470885046Tue, 14 May 2013 23:05:50 -0400vineyardworkpersonalspringpetit verdotviticultureSomehow a yellow jacket got inside my shirt and just stung me twice in the cheat. #ouchhttp://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50352951623http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50352951623Mon, 13 May 2013 13:52:02 -0400personalouchinsects<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30e931cf5132cb30263fb3e8e4810866/tumblr_mmjw8ljLdD1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd97e1b399ff5b474a4e442dcc62f2f8/tumblr_mmjw8ljLdD1qif5xao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f7a503f559ca2e3548982fbb55fe045e/tumblr_mmjw8ljLdD1qif5xao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/475bd779012f393164f6ff5e8f5f2eb8/tumblr_mmjw8ljLdD1qif5xao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c70050da539c37573ea6e68387700f99/tumblr_mmjw8ljLdD1qif5xao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/67eee54abe849b3d48a4a4db2764a1dc/tumblr_mmjw8ljLdD1qif5xao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/17df657d37a0d707cb811dcd3bb0b527/tumblr_mmjw8ljLdD1qif5xao7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>spring at the cottage</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50038569407http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/50038569407Thu, 09 May 2013 17:41:08 -0400homecottagefoxglovesmarshallvirginiaspringflowerstreesazeleasgreenpinkredwhiteToday was a good day.http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49798979071http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49798979071Mon, 06 May 2013 17:09:40 -0400personallifeworkWine and bath at 3&#160;o&#8217;clock in the afternoon? Sure, why not ;)http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49791115920http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49791115920Mon, 06 May 2013 15:23:57 -0400off work early todaypersonal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cad6344b903125aef6000bb064a80169/tumblr_mm4h3kVjZw1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49358250107http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49358250107Wed, 01 May 2013 09:50:07 -0400meshould the plural of ottoman be ottomans or ottomen?http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49203417510http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49203417510Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:13:43 -0400grammarlanguagefurniture or people?gongzhudolly replied to your photo: classic mirrorshot selfie. Why is your laptop in the bathtub?...http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49179139772http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49179139772Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:29:57 -0400personalquestionsanswers<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/592ab2f1215ccab5e48004616491a15e/tumblr_mm0pp4vYgS1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>classic mirrorshot selfie.</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49175653062http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/49175653062Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:05:28 -0400mejust out of bath<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00d710c5994a38bdf66a2a80243c0a5d/tumblr_mls8qeWASc1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love those moments just before the storm arrives. It’s quite and still warm with a cooling breeze that intermittently gushes through the air. It breathes new life in me, with promise of the energy of the storm that approaches.</p> <p>I love thunderstorms.</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48807990057http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48807990057Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:18:14 -0400thunderstormsspringpersonal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/805a6fe28f70cde498ed28935558532d/tumblr_mkvoo5RzGX1rhjxypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cvilletochucktown.tumblr.com/post/47718051867/look-at-that-the-sea-of-virginia" target="_blank">cvilletochucktown</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Look at that. </p> <p><em>The Sea of Virginia </em></p> </blockquote>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48691103650http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48691103650Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:18:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dafcb44b4c57afe381d1a8d1850a8566/tumblr_mlpjkwUbSf1qif5xao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>street above dome</p>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48688892624http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48688892624Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:19:44 -0400capitol domedcnightlightstreetThat show was fucking awesome. Go see Mike Daisey.http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48502312022http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48502312022Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:27:50 -0400mike daiseytheatreamericanIn my living room, I stare at a cardboard box. On its side is printed &#8220;The Country...http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48402081739http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48402081739Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:48:36 -0400personalemotionmemorieslifeENFP Confessions!!: Confession #51: enfpconfessions: People misunderstand when, after a year (or...http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48325851135http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/post/48325851135Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:08:44 -0400