Lew Bryson

@lewbryson.bsky.social

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Author: American Whiskey Master Class, Whiskey Master Class, Tasting Whiskey. Seen Through A Glass: central PA Booze & Food podcast. In the smack-dab center of the Keystone State. Corgi dad. Rural life coach. https://www.seenthroughaglass.com/

Does your bookstore have a tree? This is the tree (freestanding art that's been around for years) at Mondragón Books.
Lawn of buckwheat.
Raspberry tarts at Paris Bakery.
Sepia map of whiskey history in the eastern US.
Trump going through the motions at the recent G7. Even he knows he doesn't matter, and he'd rather be in the White House, making ugly monuments to his crass taste and criminal legacy. Knowing that they'll be torn down and demolished before he dies. God, I hope he knows that. I hope it fucking haunts him, every minute. I hope it drives him to self-destructive anger.
Our big flop-eared Corgi Samwise exploring the buckwheat cover crop in our backyard. It's a, er, rear view.
Little Fiona, our Corgi girl, when she was still a pup.
"Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Tuesday claimed that the vast majority of Medicaid payments in Maine are based on fraudulent billing." What a colossal load of bullshit.
Hydroponic greens growing farm in Belleville, PA, run by a Mennonite family. Their lettuce is fantastic...and will NOT give you the screaming shits. Advantage: local.
Flop-eared Corgi boy Sam on a beige recliner.
Me getting licked by my Corgi, Samwise.
Poll results from Ohio governor's race, with the latest average of 3 polls showing Dr. Amy Acton at 48.0% and Vivek "I'm a rich carpetbagger" Ramaswamy at 46.7%, pretty much a toss-up. In a red state. Keep on it, Ohio Dems!
TV News: "Breaking News - JUDGE ORDERS E. JEAN CARROLL BE PAID $5.8m AFTER JURY FOUND TRUMP SEXUALLY ABUSED AND DEFAMED HER"
Joseph McBride, the Tate Brothers' lawyer, looking like the third Tate Brother: shaved pate, sunglasses, beard, arrogance.
Monarch caterpillar on milkweed.
JD "Jiant Dickhead" Vance walks into a transdimensional mirrored portal to carry The Gospel Of Being A Rich Dick to other galaxies (those poor bastards).
A Corgi sitting upright in a car seat with his paw on the door rest, looking out the window. Like a regular little man.
Growing garden of native PA plants for pollinators.
Air quality report of 58.
Famous FOREVER BONER graffiti in Philadelphia.
The famous "BONER 4EVER" graffiti in Philadelphia.
My son, me, my dad holding hands in front of my old red Jetta sedan.
Draft Chimay Green (Cent Cinquante) at Sabatini's.
Markwayne Mullin cowering during January 6th, that big dipshit.
A can of Human Robot Hallertau Pils. God, it's good.
An overflowing glass of Duvel Belgian ale.
Famous picture of WASP pilot Libby Gardner in the cockpit of a B-26 in 1944.
Lenin addressing workers and sailors; captioned "me telling the local junkies about all the precious metals that can be found in a data center"
The Declaration of Independence.
Drinking "milk tubes" of Human Robot Tmavy Dark Lager at their Jenkintown operation. Back in...March?
Bottle of Cotswolds single malt whisky.
Dirt road in Lycoming County, PA.
Four Purple Lizard recreational maps, for the Pennsylvania areas of Raystown Lake, Pine Creek Gorge, Rothrock State Forest, and Bald Eagle State Forest, arrayed on the actual Raystown Lake map.
Megyn Kelly, posting herself on Twitter: "Megyn sends a message to the Haitians who lost their TPS today: "Go home! Get out! We know our country is better than yours. That's because we filled it with our work ethic, culture, and values. You being here only dilutes it for us... GO BACK TO FUCKING HAITI!"" What a basic bitch she is.
Entrance to the Gaslight Bar in Wellsboro, PA; paper, handwritten sign to the right says "NO Weapons NO Pets". For what it's worth, I was there on a Sunday afternoon, and it was quite friendly and welcoming, and the meatball sandwich was really good. No one asked if I was packing.
Pub sign "The Rotten Monkey Bar & Grill"
Outdoor bar with television showing Howie Mandel hosting "Deal Or No Deal."
Juli Briskman flips Trump's motorcade the bird. She was fired for this, but then became a SUCCESSFUL politician on the strength of this gesture. HAIL HER NAME!
Photo of circular Russian oil storage tank lid blown 100 meters in the air by Ukrainian drone strike and explosion (looks like a flying saucer). Caption reads "I WANT TO BELIEVE".
TRUMP CLASS BANG BANG SHIP!!!
White banner on my front porch: "RAY BILGER FOR CONGRESS" Bilger is the Democratic candidate for PA's 15th District, running to unseat the incumbent, 2020 election denier Glenn "GT" Thompson. Bilger is a vet, an intelligence officer, and a Centre County native who lives over the ridge from me. He's the right guy to toss Thompson, whose main achievement in 9 terms in Congress is a law that requires public schools to offer whole milk. Oh, and there's this: "In July 2022, Thompson voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify the right to same-sex marriage, just days before attending his son's same-sex wedding." What a guy.
Three Corgis on a patterned rug.
President Obama courtside in 2009. NOT totally screwing up midtown, either. Just going to a damned game.
Kennedy Center, with "The Donald J. Trump And" letters still on it.
Me wearing a new T-shirt. It is blue, with white letters that read: READ BOOKS. WALK DOGS. FIGHT FASCISTS.
Cover illustration of Guy Graybill's book "Prohibition's Prince."
Corgi sleeping on an armchair.
Three Corgis in our yard. Fiona on the leash, Pippin standing nearest, Samwise lying down.
Lenin addressing Russian soldiers, with the caption: "me telling the local junkies about all the precious metals that can be found in a data center"
A crow, alarmed by a spiky ball of a plant, with a spire in the background. Caption: "Kaw, the Crow, recognized in this thing that it was alien -- not of Earth -- and that, to him, spelled danger to himself and all his kind."
Unopened bottle of Found North whisky.
Three Corgi dogs!
Ballot counting in Arizona. A man pushes a cart full of boxes of ballots in front of a room full of volunteers processing ballots. It is a dreary, joyless room, full of people doing an absolutely necessary job.
A single light violet iris bloom, with another small bud below it.
Can of Sea Hag IPA from New England Brewing.
Lew (with a chip in his mouth) and Glen Macnow on the set of What's Brewing PA, sampling five different brands of Pennsylvania made potato chips!
Logo of Axemann Brewing's Maifly Maibock: black circle, gold/green letters: "Maifly BOCK", with five stylized mayflies around the name, and a trout gazing hungrily at them from below ripples representing a stream surface.
Framed Tucker Corporation stock certificate.
Dark red Tucker automobile in a museum.