Reading & Drinking
Where Hobby Meets Happy Hour

A well-crafted piece of art is surprising and intimate, built with intent and great care to stir within you something buried or hidden away. It turns out, a great cocktail will do the same. A few times a month, you can find a new post here exploring the urgent matters of Reading & Drinking. Expect each one to take a brief but intense look at a skillfully-crafted work of art and pair it with a unique cocktail as a guiding companion should you choose to explore the same work that has inspired me. But, at the least, you’ll have a cocktail in hand.

If you have suggestions, for works or spirits or cocktails, send me an email at BTimm.Writing@gmail.com, DM me on Instagram at @Reading.And.Drinking, or find me on Bluesky at Readinganddrinking.bsky.social.

I look forward to Reading & Drinking with you.

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The Five Cocktails & Stages of Thanksgiving Day Grief

Looking for bourbon and sangria cocktails perfect for Thanksgiving or just trying to cope with the Holiday itself? Either way, you've found yourself on the right website. For this 2019 Thanksgiving Holiday retrospective, I take a look at the five stages of Thanksgiving Day Grief and the five cocktails inspired by them.

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