Spring has sprung in our neighborhood, bringing with it home grown deliciousness, our annual neighborhood Trail Crawl and another energizing edition of the Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Music Festival. To our delight Emily, Amy and Molly joined us at the festival, Trail Crawl was nourishing and unforgettable, we never ran out of asparagus all month […]
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Local food usually means home grown food and Chatham county is rich in both as there are many small farms, back yard gardens and ambitious cooks. – April, 2014 SOURDOUGH – BAKED OR ROLLED Haruka shared her sourdough starter with Camille, a starter that was given her by a woman who has kept
Another day, another accident. Living on a busy road provides us enough sobering moments that we do not take life for granted. – April 12, 2015 AN UNMISTAKABLE SOUND One minute we’re filling a plate with potluck food, the next we’re running out to the Moncure Pittsboro Road, drawn by the sound of tires
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Fifteenth Annual Trail Crawl from The Farm to Abeyance – April 6, 2014 FIRST STOP – MUFFINS AND SMOOTHIES MOVING OUT SECOND STOP – KEBABS ON THE BARBIE CREEK CROSSING THIRD STOP – BONFIRE AND SHELLFISH
All those years we lived in the tropics we heard from northerners that they wouldn’t want to live without the seasons, especially Spring. And while at least for us, we easily reveled in the nuances of tropical seasons, it’s true, Spring is a glorious event after a long, cold winter when nothing green can be
Another chance to get together with family, eat well, and dance! ANOTHER GREAT MEAL Sourdough pancakes with tofu scamble, fried seitan, and family. It doesn’t get any better than this! BRUNCH ABUNDANCE AND SHAKORI SHOOTERS Tyler and Emily prepare a dozen “Shakori Shooters”, tequila with a bit of Kahlua thrown in for
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In which Camille and Stephanie spend a week together doing some writing and playing with critters – April 24-30, 2014 OUR HOSTS Camille was welcomed by Stephanie, Andrea and Ed and put up like royalty with beautiful views of George Washington National Forest. In addition to demonstrating outrageous hospitality, Andrea is the guiding hand
Writer’s Break – A trip to a blooming apple orchard – April 27, 2014 Steph’s Pics Stephanie had scoped out this photo op spot weeks ago as a place to return to after the trees had begun to bloom. Hoping we had the timing right, Stephanie drove us out to the
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We made our way happily though March, spending a lot of time outside, starting up the garden, exorcising winter with a bonfire and in general inching our way towards warmer weather in fits and starts with temperature swings from just above freezing to shorts and flip flop weather. WINTER GO AWAY Amy and
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Bob and Malcolm continue making progress on the Greenhouses they are building at The Plant – March, 2014 MARCH 10TH The doors and windows have been framed in and Bob uses a Solar Pathfinder to see how much sun will reach the greenhouse. EYE OF THE BEHOLDER It’s always good to
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