Passion is the word that best describes a successful business.
We had a dinner last night at The Joel Palmer House in Dayton, Oregon. The family’s doyen spends his leisure moments traisping the Oregon surrounds for mushrooms, which he cooks into truly delicious dishes. Mushrooms he finds and uses include: Porcini, suillus, black trumpet, black and white chanterelle, morels, lobster mushroom, (tastes like lobster) and candy cap mushrooms — which he uses in deserts. They’re sweet. I kid you not. A sweet mushroom.
We visited a couple of wineries for tasting. I don’t drink which makes for an interesting visit. I get to do the driving. I marvel at the words they use to describe their concoctions:
Grape-growing on the hill overlooking the pretty valley:
I’ll be back to tomorrow with something substantive, I hope.
Harry Newton who wonders why he’s told to “smell the roses,” when most don’t smell. This area — about 40 miles south of Portland in the Willamette Valley — is loaded with roses that have no aroma. Personally I like tuberoses. They’re not roses. But they sure smell. And good, too.
This is a tuberose:
Ask your local florist to let you smell one. They’re incredible.
Maybe I should stick with investing?
Happy to see the Joel Palmer House is still as delightful as ever. I lived near Dayton as a youngster and attended Dayton schools 4th grade through High School. When I lived there it was still a private home…a visit to their website is interesting history http://www.joelpalmerhouse.com… …I find Arizona much dryer for retirement living.
Tuberose are even my favorite, they smell so good. Thanks for the lovely post.
Leave NYS and and you can save a lot of money and no sales tax in Oregon. NYS is just welfare state with high income and property taxes. Even the road tolls are getting out of hand
Sadly, you are right.
Harry, it looks like paradise. Silly question, but why still live in NYC when – probably for 90% less expense – you could live and trade from paradise?
Vincent
That's an interesting question which Susan and I are just debating.
Only one answer: “Guilt” Not REAL guilt, mind you, but that which you choose as a your own reward.