This book explores a tragedy resulting from a teacher being
falsely accused. Rick Podowski, the head grievance representative for the
teacher’s union enters the science lab and finds the body of the teacher
hanging by a braided rope from the metal frame of the overhead florescent light
fixture.
As Rick and his friends investigate, they find Dan Longreen's secret. He has been charged with sexual misconduct concerning three young girls in his Las Vegas classroom. Even though proven innocent, a small group of parents forced his resignation. He accepts a job in San Jose, California, and is creating a new life. Suddenly, he starts to receive threatening emails and there are questions about his death.
Did someone stage the suicide? Was the principal putting extreme pressure on Dan to resign to protect his forthcoming promotion or was the suicide related to Longreen's fiancée?
Poetic Cellars
Poetic Cellars is located on thirty-six acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One of their most interesting innovations has been to team up with a donut shop in Campbell, CA to offer wine and donut pairings. One can expect to taste the Lady Gaga Blueberry iced cake donut topped with fresh blueberries, paired with Poetic Cellars Petite Syrah or the Kooky Monster, Oreo-cookie topped raised cake paired with rich Poetic Cellars Syrah.Winemaker Katy Lovell is a hands-on, winemaker who drives the trucks, picks the grapes, runs the de-stemmer, adds the yeast, punches down, crushes, forklifts barrels, and racks, and tops off the bottles. The majority of her fruit comes from her vineyards in Livermore, where she established her first winery, Rios-Lovell, nearly two decades ago. Katy is also an accomplished Oberlin-trained concert flutist, as well as a fabric artist
On the back label of each bottle is a poem by her partner, Joseph L. Naegele. He's an attorney and educator by day (Santa Clara University), and a poet by night. When customers in the tasting room ask, Joseph will take out his notebook and read his most recent poems.
The winery features Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Last Harvest Viognier, a Bordeaux Blend, Petite Syrah, Mourvedre , Cabernet Sauvignon, and a Reserve Port.
On July 10, 2013 winemaker Katy Lovell died.
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| From top to bottom: Basil, Italian spice mix,wine, tomatoes and garlic. Marinara sauce. Mussels, shrimp, lobster tail, fish clams |
Teresa’s Pasta Pescatore with Poetic Cellars Mourvedre
Teresa’s love for “anything pasta’ continues with this simple, but delicious dish. Feel free to change the types of seafood used in this recipe. The Mourvedre provides clean and deft flavors that complement the dish.
4 Servings
olive oil
4 portions linguini pasta
2 diced Roma tomatoes
2 teaspoon fresh garlic, minced
2 cups sliced fresh sweet basil
1 cup white wine
8 cups marinara sauce
Italian spice mix - to taste
2 lobster tails (meat only, cubed)
12 clams
12 mussels
2 calamari steak, sliced in strips
12 shrimp
Add the olive oil to the sauté pan
and bring it to almost smoking point.
Add
the diced tomatoes and the garlic and toss lightly.
Add the clams and mussels and white wine,
cover the sauté pan. Let the
clams and
mussels steam for about 10 minutes.
