Author Archives: Stephen Futterer

I have tried a half-dozen titles for this post and none feel satisfactory. One of the benefits of a blog is the ability to constantly modify, as new ideas hit you (often in the shower or while driving) or old ideas sour. But I’m also open to outside suggestions, if you’re feeling inspired. Taking callersContinue reading ““Masking Joy””

It all started with the name. Pfefferer. Though the wine is from Northern Italy, the word (like my own “-erer” surname) has a German origin and translates as “peppery.” It is made from a Muscat/Moscato grape variety in the mountainous Alto-Adige region of Italy, not far from the Austrian border. Photos from the area areContinue reading ““These are a few of my favorite things…””

“The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism.” Percy Bysshe Shelley from “A Defense of Poetry” (published posthumously in 1840)