New Book Sneak Peek

Though I am busy with work and traveling during the holiday season, I am squeezing in time to write. I have three projects that I am currently working on for December and early 2012.

Today, instead of posting a blog about liquor, beer or wine, I decided to post a sneak peek of a new project that I am working on. The new book is called Booze Hound Prose: Poetry from the Bar Stool. This is a working title and will be my second release in a little over a year. I have been dying to publish again.

The book will include original poetry and toasts along with favorite quotes on drinking based on personal bar sittings, stories I have been told, and travel adventures. I have been plugging along and hope to have it out before Christmas.

Here is a little sneak peek of one of the poems that I wrote this morning and will be included in the book. For those of you that don't know, a "Dram" is a liquid measurement in Scotland. You will often hear locals asking for a "wee dram" of scotch since you will never hear the Scottish order "shots." This loosely translates to around a 1/2 ounce pour in the US. You may think that is not that much, but in Scotland, where you consume high octane scotches around 140-proof, they can catch up.

I hope you enjoy.

Drams by the Bay

I ordered a scotch,

on my pad I did notch,

while drinking drams by the bay.

This chair so supple,

I’ll just have a couple,

while sipping the night away.

I decided to order,

a dram near the border,

my spirits will surly sway.

For I am in Scotland tonight,

tasting notes I do write,

a few more nights I just may.

With a friend I do sit,

we talked for a bit,

where my path ahead does lay.

Haggis before me,

with dram number three,

in this pub for the night we will stay.

I put back the dram,

Happy I am,

While drinking drams by the bay.