Clarion has only 4,000 souls, but it has three breweries. Definitely STAG-worthy. 

Okay, if I'm going to be precise, the third brewery, Lost In The Wilds, is in Shippenville, but that's all of five minutes from Clarion River Brewing and Mechanistic Brewing in 'downtown' Clarion, so I'm going with it. I interviewed the three brewer-owners, all in one beautiful day in July. We talk about the natural beauty of Clarion County and the Cook Forest State Park, too. 

I've got a segment on Pennsylvania Dutch funeral food, too. My mother, Ruth "Sue" Bryson, died in August, which is why this episode is over a month late. We had a proper church funeral lunch after the service, and I'll tell you what we had, and how I cooked the calico beans, and grilled some Ramblin' Poppy sausages for the family get-together we had afterwards.  We had a keg of Tröegs Oktoberfest to drink, so the last of that is What I'm Drinking Today, along with a Von Trapp Oktoberfest; a funeral episode needs two drinks. 

I am truly unsure when the next episode will be. I'm on deadline for a book manuscript, and everything's out the window. Hang in there, we'll get back to normal in October!

(And check the Instagram feed for pictures of the Corgi puppies!)

This episode uses these sounds under the following license:

"Champ de tournesol by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

"spring-forest-141216" by PianoArmor at https://pixabay.com/users/pianoamor-28628048/

"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au

Arrow sound effect from https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/

All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.