A Lark and her Momster

Send a text Featuring: Gemma Di Lune Sparkling Moscato  –  an effervescent wine with a touch of sparkles and aromas of ripe peaches, orange blossoms, and a hint of tropical fruit.  It has a delicate and refreshing finish.   Women and money!  This episode came about after Momster attended a local event called The Wealth of a Woman which reminded her how far women have come yet how far they still ha...

Send a text Featuring: Terregaie Prosecco – an elegant, dry sparkling wine with more length to the palate.  Fresh bosc pears, acacia aromas pare with an integrated mousse that’s to die for (but not literally).   This week we were privileged to host Emelie and Carol who shared their insights into being one another’s “gifts.”  Emelie experienced a traumatic childhood that included foster care.  Caro...

Send a text Featuring: Lavender by Wines of the San Juan – a truly unique blend of white grapes and lavender creates a fun and beautiful presentation of a dry wine, delicately balanced, elegant, and relaxing.  Thank you Jared!!   In this episode, Lark and Momster share past experiences “could” have placed them in peril (yet obviously didn’t since they now host this podcast). In the late ‘70s and ‘...

Send a text Featuring: 19 Crimes Limited Edition, Glow in the Dark   The Bride of Frankenstein Red Blend & Frankenstein Cabernet  -  t he Bride is rich and round with a soft fruity finish along with sweet aromatics and notes of chocolate, and Frankenstein is firm and filled with a dark berry fruit finish along with flavors of red currant, dark cherries, and chocolate. Both were fun and delicio...

Send a text Featuring:   Witches Brew… Spiced Red Wine  -   popular wine for fall or winter, mulled & layered, an aromatic celebration of traditional autumn spices.  Try it room temp, warm, or devilishly hot!   Chances are many people don’t know the connection between the Celtic celebration of Samhain (pronounced Sah win or Sow in ) which marks the onset of Winter and our current celebration o...

Send a text Featuring:  Borarrasca Cava   -  produced using the traditional cava method, this wine represents authentic Spanish quality and spends at least 9mos in the bottle before distribution. It’s crisp, clean, and well balanced with a delicate aroma and unique freshness. The unmistakable taste leads from a full ripe apple, pear, and bright citrus nose, encouraging big, round, soft flavors in...

Send a text Featuring:   Cantaora Cava  -  lemon and cidery aromas are solid and draw you in!  The palate has a fresh, clean feel and lively, tangy flavors of citrus, green fruits, and green herbs .Zesty, a bit lemony, and balanced on the finish.   Today’s episode offers a lively discussion into the importance of “magic” in our everyday lives. Momster shares some history about how magic evolved ac...

Send a text Featuring: Misfits and Mavens Pinot Noir  -  light ruby in color with vivid pops of strawberry, raspberry, and vanilla notes. It’s a medium bodies and juicy combination of red fruits laced with hints of clove, spice, and tobacco.   Have you ever had a gut feeling you didn’t follow… or one you did?  Today’s episode Larkin shares the recent consequences of not listening to her gut and to...

Send a text Featuring: Snoop Dog’s 19 Crimes Cali Gold  -  floral and citrus aromas, subtle nuttiness, and toast, the flavors are round and rich with tropical fruit, lemon, and green apples, all coming to a long, crisp, citrus finish.   This episode is totally unscripted because IT HAD BEEN A WEEK!!  Larkin shares how new opportunities don’t always turn out the way we expect them to, the value of...

Send a text Featuring: Longevity Blanc de Blanc, Methodé Champinoise  -  it’s a lifestyle all about loving what you live and living what you love; it’s about the experience and living, loving, sharing the experience with others. Grapes are harvested at optimal ripeness with low sugar and high acid and the nose detests yeasty bread, along with green apples and crisp citrus notes through the many ti...

Send a text Featuring: Pacific Rim Sweet Reisling  -  not shy around spice and dares you to bring on the heat with its aromas of honeysuckle and shite flowers, juicy peach, and pineapple flavors along with refreshing acidity.  Plus it has a really cool label!   Traveling together regardless of the type of relationship offers a shift away from the typical and revitalizes us as individuals and in ou...

Send a text Writing Legibly Generational differences in writing reflect where our countries priorities lie.  Increases in technology are creating a lack of penmanship (it’s real folks)… prior to the 20th Century, everyone used a more floral writing style (Spencerian) and after the 1900’s people embraced the Palmer method which used smaller, more concise cursive style.  Today cursive isn’t even tau...

Send a text Adulting A lengthy discussion focused on the opportunities and challenges related to evolving into adulthood and what we wish we knew before it happens (81% of college grads wish they’d learned more life skills before graduation).  Topics include Budgeting (Help!), Health Insurance (It’s so expensive), Cooking (or not), and Developing Interpersonal Skills (like having difficult convers...

Send a text Middle School Melo”trauma” For many girls, middle school relationships are fraught with bullying and cliques creating both melodrama and long term trauma during critical developmental years. Lark & her Momster discuss the long term impact these experiences can have on young women.  This episode we’re featuring Leitz’ Eins Zwei Zero Sparkling Rose , a nonalcoholic sparkler that exud...

Send a text Every daughter needs a dad or dad figure in their lives… this episode touches on how not having that important relationship can impact girls’ self-images and later relationships.   Today’s episode is featuring Love Noir , a Pinot Noir with robust, jammy flavors of dark cherry and expresso spark intensity and intrigue and lead to a smooth, balanced finish with soft hints of vanilla and...

Send a text Single parenting ain't easy, so in this episode we will discuss the Momster's struggles and joys of raising a child as a single mom and how the Lark felt being raised by a single mom. This will be a discussion delving into the challenges of single parenting along with how single parents can help their children thrive… it also touches on how nature vs nurture impacts children’...

Send a text Welcome to A Lark and Her Momster! The Teaser Trailer..  The beginning where we don't really know what we are doing or how we are doing it... but we are doing it! We are excited to share the ins and outs, the ups and downs of mother/ daughter relationships and what you can expect from future episodes! Come share a glass of vino with us, laugh with us and we hope you enjoy the show...