Art and flowers, home improvements, a grand opening, fall foliage, a meal that couldn’t be beat, and local food abundance. ART IS WHERE YOU FIND IT In a bouquet of azalea, hydrangea, ginger, and asparagus, or inside a stainless steel tank of in-process apple brandy. BOUNTY BEFORE THE FROST Giant white […]
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Bob goes to Germany. Camille goes to the zoo. We start harvesting our crop of ginger and turmeric. Meanwhile Mom and Dad settle into their new routine with brother Michael, and Nolan gets one month older. BOB’s NEW JOB Bob has taken on the heady world of auditing, requiring massive amounts of complicated
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Bob flies to Cologne, Germany to attend classes in ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) for his new career in auditing – October 7 – 14, 2018 GETTING THERE Planes and trains, but no automobiles. GETTING AROUND Bob booked a room at the hotel where he would be taking classes and walked
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Camille and Judy are at it again. When they went zooing last year they soaked in the North American exhibits and have returned to gape at the African animals on the other side of the highly-rated North Carolina Zoo – October 18, 2018 PLAYING AROUND Once inside the gate, we indulged in a
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A three trip month, one for work, one for family, and one for fun. A spooky sight in the garden, end-of-season harvests, and fall planting. A birthday party with music and a birthday on the beach. And a black eye. THE HONEYSUCKLE FENCE Just for fun, this is how our front fence line
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In which Camille helps her brothers move their mother’s stuff from her apartment into her new home – September 17-23 SORTING IT OUT Brother Michael goes through mail on the card table that has served as his parent’s dining room table for ten years, while brother John sorts through the kitchen, both doing
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A lovely, even-paced month in which we put up a new street sign, got wet at the farmers market, began leveling the Spot garden, enjoyed a walk at Jordan Lake Dam, busied ourselves in the kitchen, and kept an eye on Shelley’s livestock. A SIGN Bob thought we should replace our splintered, wooden
AUGUST 2018, ISSUE #207 Read More »
Pickles, peach picking, pillow shopping, pan pepper frying, and a perfect 24th wedding anniversary. This month was all about the simple pleasures of home grown, home cooked food. LOCAL FOOD = RESILIENCE Not just trendy, beyond cool, getting your food from the back yard or next door is one way we can assert
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Celebrating Camille’s birthday and the camaraderie of family and friends in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with a couple of side trips down memory lane, meeting new friends, and savoring good times at Mary Beth and Brandon’s wedding with the old Oilseed Community gang BANG Big bang for the buck, these gladiolus and hydrangea
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Two nights at the lake house, a birthday well celebrated, dinner out, day tripping on the Jersey shore, and three childhood homes revisited – June 4-6, 2018 CAMILLE’s 64TH Celebrated in high fashion by Kathryn and James, with cake, candles, ice cream, flowers, gifts, and cards. Yeah man! They will still need you and feed
