100. small pour

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I celebrate today like a new year, and this new year rolled in with a Chet Baker song and a small pour of Japanese whisky. I like them both for the same reason– their spirited fullness, their controlled depth.

I want this to be a deep year, a full year, a funny-valentine year, a small-pour-of-whisky year.

I want a curvy fullness– not something bloated with hot air– and honest depth– not a puddle pretending to be a wanting well.

I want a year I can sip wishes on,
a year I can hum warmth into.

And I want it neat.

[And with this post, the exactly-100-word posts return!)

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25 responses to “100. small pour”

  1. projectechoshadow Avatar

    These have been missed. Let it be known the year began on a high note.

    ECHO ECHO

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      😀 Yay! Thank you, Echo.

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  2. Alison and Don Avatar

    Brilliant. You are such an amazing writer. I’m both jealous and in awe.
    Alison xox

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Thank you, Alison, that means the world coming from you. ❤

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  3. Thabiso Ngcobo Avatar

    I want a 100 small pour… This is beautiful 🤭

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Anytime you’re in the neighborhood, pop by and we’ll have a drink. 😀 Thank you for reading, Thabiso.

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  4. Revis Edgewater Avatar

    Oh, sure. You had to best my posts by one word 😜

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  5. 1jaded1 Avatar

    I drank every word.

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      🙂 Thank you, Jaded.

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  6. Anyes - Far Away in the Sunshine Avatar

    Happy Diwali, May this new year be the one you can sip wishes on…Cheers to those words becoming your reality.

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Thank you, Anyes. Happy Diwali!!

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  7. Ka Malana - Fiestaestrellas.com Avatar

    Sometimes I feel like that puddle pretending to be a wanting well, scratching at the ground… is there more here, I hope? I want the same things, the fullness. But how is the depth controlled? Is it skillfullness that has the capacity for the honest depth-making? I enjoy this provocative piece.

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      I get that feeling. Maybe we all start as puddles and deepen ourselves to more? ❤

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  8. Ryan C Avatar

    100! A good number. 💜

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Thank you! It started ages ago as a way to get my normally overly-verbose way to settle down a bit, haha! 😀

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  9. The Ink Slinger Avatar

    Love it! The line, “I want a year I can sip wishes on,” resonated with me.

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Thank you for reading, Erica. 😀

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  10. Vanessence Avatar

    Here’s to new years and wishing on sips! 🙂 ❤

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      *clicks drink to screen* Happy Diwali!

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      1. Vanessence Avatar

        I’ll drink to that! 😀 *clicks drink back* ❤ May joy be yours from now on. 🙂

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  11. jwdwrites Avatar

    Your writing always had a fluid and poetic originality that seems to have been designed in a wind tunnel. What a pleasure to read. 🙂

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      What a beautiful description! A poem in its own right. Thank you ❤

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  12. Steven Avatar

    As with a good whiskey, you are very neat.

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