In which Bob and Rose drive down to Middendorf, South Carolina for sugar cane syrup – November 18, 2017 SUGAR CANE FOR FAIR GAME Fair Game Beverage Company is located at The Plant in Pittsboro, NC. Bob has jumped in as the Administrative Elder, but sometimes adds his shoulder to other facets of […]
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Camille and Judy go to the fair on October 17, 2017 WALK RIGHT IN Judy and Camille had forty minutes to look around while they sat in the Subaru behind a long line of cars inching their way towards the $20 lots. They were a little jealous of the fair-goers who stepped off
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Seventeen acres, a dozen tenants, two farms, and a walking trail; that’s The Plant – October 25, and 28, 2017 CAMILLE’s WORLD Camille spends most of her time at The Plant in the role of gardener. This year, she oversaw the transformation of a weedy slope into a showy pink muhly grass garden.
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Anky throws a surprise birthday party at City Kitchen for her husband, Chris on October 21, 2017 THE BASICS Family and food, the basics. Oh, and libations. The guests arrived well in advance, and when Anky walked in with her unsuspecting husband, Chris, we leaped out yelling “Surprise!”, as is the custom at
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In which Camille and her good friend, Pamela go to a college football game – September 9, 2017 SAINT JOHN’s UNIVERSITY Pam and Camille find humor in a syphilis poster inside the school. St. John’s University is noted for its melodious bell tower, a modern structure with ageless big-bell appeal that was designed
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Pamela and her parents whisk Camille off to northern Minnesota for a weekend at her family’s lake house – September 9-11, 2017 NATURE’s WELCOME After a hard-hitting football game (see Collegeville Football), and an interminable drive, Pam and family reach Scott and Linda’s lake house. Camille (she’s the one with the pea-sized head)
In which Camille spends a week in Minnesota with Pamela and her family, cooking, eating, pulling tomatoes from the garden, going for long walks, and sitting on the deck watching animals rotate through the yard – September 7-14, 2017 WOODSY CUL-DE-SAC Pam’s parents, Duane and Shirley, live at the end of a wide, winding
We help manage the groovy little eco-industrial business park called The Plant at the end of Lorax Lane. Our life there is nearly as interesting and fun as our life at home. – June 5 through 26, 2017 LOGGING The one hundred acres adjacent to The Plant’s seventeen is being logged, giving it
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In which our friend, Trip hosts a weekend party with camping and everything in his kingdom of delights – June 23, 2017 A WELCOMING PLACE This was our first time here and we arrived at Golden Hour to find a warm house surrounded by cool lawn populated with dogs and cats. KITCHEN
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Basking in vacation mode at Jim and Kathryn’s Lake House – May 15 and 16, 2017 ROUNDABOUT COTTAGE So named because it sits beside a little traffic circle, or roundabout in a cozy, tree-shaded neighborhood. LAKE FRONT Beyond house and home, Roundabout cottage is a place to slow your pulse and
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