It’s easy to lose yourself in the woods, a stunt Camille practices often. We are ever grateful to Tami and Lyle for sharing their trails and trees. ALWAYS THE SAME, ALWAYS NEW The trails are so familiar one hardly need to look down at their feet, making it easy to note the unexpected. A NICE […]
In which we celebrate our anniversary, survive a big scare, and make pickles. TWENTY-TWO REMARKABLE YEARS July 31, we celebrated twenty-two years of marriage and happily signed up for another twenty-two. OUR LITTLE HOME It isn’t much, a thirty-year old manufactured home re-roofed and cabled to the earth so it won’t fly off
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Two birthdays and a funeral brought out the best in everyone this month. We also acquired a greenhouse and some beautiful canna lily plants, participated in a couple of Abundance NC’s events, and enjoyed the first of many fingerling potatoes from the garden. FOOD AND BEAUTY Bob and John work on the first phase
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More garden goodness and yard pretties, the secret to high quality of life is food and beauty – June, 2016 POTATO TIME Fingerlings are already finding their way into the kitchen. Potato salad is always in stock, and we have boiled potatoes with sour cream, parsley, and chives on Sunday, fried potatoes on
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Chris gave up the ghost before dawn in the arms of his beautiful wife in a bed he had made by hand, and was buried on the Farewell Trail just up the driveway from their house.
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A gem in our midst, nonprofit Abundance North Carolina tirelessly pursues community resilience and fun – June 6 and 22, 2016 VISIONING During a potluck at The Plant, we were asked to address the question of how Abundance can best serve the community in the years ahead. We broke into groups and brainstormed, then
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Taking advantage of the juxtaposition of moon, earth, and birthday, we celebrate Summer Solstice at Alisa’s the day before her birthday June 20, 2016 UNDER THE OAKS They old yellow house with its yard full of mature oaks is the perfect place to gather. An altar was made to honor transition from spring to
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Turtles, snakes, rainbows and free fatty acids. Just another month of work at The Plant. – May 2016 WE STOP FOR TURTLES It’s turtle breeding season again and not uncommon to see turtles crossing the road. Camille stopped on Lorax Lane on the way The Plant to scoop this one up and move him/her to
Another Spring, another Shakori Spring Grassroots Music Festival – May 7, 2016 HAVE CHAIR WILL TRAVEL Bob’s got the Shakori thing down to a science. He fills the back pocket of his lawn chair with Shakori shooters and a few other necessities and walks in, finds the right spot, and has a sit. TOUR
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Like lemmings, we are drawn north each year into the family vortex. Bob rents a car, books rooms, and peppers the route with diversions – May 13 through 19, 2016 THE SCENIC ROUTE We chose the back way to Pennsylvania this year, up through the Shenandoah Valley and past Mt. Jackson, Virginia with its apple-basket water
