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Hola Free Rangers, I’m mostly kidding about the subject line. As someone who has deep and abiding affection for his wine and whiskey, I know it is important to take considered time off now and again, even if just to make sure that one still can. I was fairly lucky to...

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Hey Free Rangers, Time is not on our side. And this year’s calendar is a willful accomplice. Coming up on ten years into this whole retail thing, we have almost zero ability to foresee the ebbs and flows in any kind of predicable cycle. One thing for...

Hello Free Rangers,Did a week just happen? Since the last one of these? I can’t keep up. Strange days out here at Windswept Fields. A week of volatile energy and complete jackassery came to a head on this last hurried humid 60 degree December Saturday. Anything...

Hey Free Rangers, How are you all doing? When the pandemic set in, and these e-mails started to become whatever they are now, I set out to offer thoughts from daily street level life, mostly for the benefit of those who had/have the luxury/burden of staying home most...

I’m a bad liar Free Rangers,So, I just don’t bother with it. It was a tough week. Lots of demanding holiday tourists spending maximum time and minimal dollars (and occasionally calling me a liar), a record number of no maskers, and our lowest Turkey Day week sales in...

Well Free Rangers,I’ll skip the current events for the moment. It’s too much. Too dark. And I’m trying not to think about what comes next, especially if new Gerrymandered maps in the red states stand. If 80% of the votes are required to achieve 50% of the seats, we...

Here’s the thing Free Rangers,We’d make more money if we ran a shittier business.If the shop were open 10am - 10pm, and we sold pints of Georgi, red hot garbage booze, and what the professional drunks call “dollar shots”, this business would be far more...

Hey Free Rangers,Sorry about that glitch in the Matrix. I’m really trying to get better at sending these notes out on Sunday/Monday. We’ll see how long that actually lasts, but wanted you to know that concerted effort is currently going toward such...

It appears that the discount code may not have been working properly for everyone on the Breuckelen deal.We have resolved the issue and the discount will now be applied properly. If you already purchased but didn’t get the full discount, you’ll be getting a refund for...

Hey Free Rangers,Sorry about that glitch in the Matrix. I’m really trying to get better at sending these notes out on Sunday/Monday. We’ll see how long that actually lasts, but wanted you to know that concerted effort is currently going toward such...