This month we harvest sweet potatoes, visit with a long-time friend, fly to Montreal for an audit, and welcome a new grandchild. MONSTER SWEETS They appear like body parts, blushing bruised beneath the dead vines, stubbornly clinging to the thick red clay below our garden loam. After some wrestling, we get them […]
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Business as usual, a long-awaited family visit, a glorious day at the State Fair, pre-frost harvests, and Nolan’s new baby sister. BOB’s COMMUTE PATH A very familiar scene from Bob’s oh-so-hectic work life. Good news, though — in 2020 his audit trips will likely drop by two thirds, from twenty-four to six. OLD
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Little monsters, metamorphosis, dirty work, chestnuts, a birthday at the beach, a bathroom upgrade, views of the earth from above, shore birds, fish, turtles, and an octopus TOUCHING OFF A NEW MONTH With a weekend walk at Jordan Lake Dam where a great blue heron stands atop the tailrace. EATING LIKE THERE’s NO
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Playing tourist at the North Carolina Aquarium and Salt Marsh at Pine Knoll Shores, and at Fort Macon State Park – September 20 & 21 YES WE DID Yes, we did pay a nice man to take our picture against a green background so they could frame us, digitally, in cute, smiling rays.
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Waves of premium relaxation washed over us for three whole nights at Atlantic Beach, NC – September 19–22, 2019 GROWING OLD IS NO LAUGHING MATTER Er . . . Actually, it is funny. So here we are, on the beach, chuckling over what the salt air is doing to our hair and celebrating Bob’s
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What a month! Of course, Bob got to take off and land, this time in Utah. Then, our friends Haruka and Jason landed in Raleigh for a week in North Carolina, which was super fun. It’s been wet, so we have an atypically-green garden—a tangle of robust life, really—and we went for some great walks
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We are spending a lot more time outside now that the weather has backed off – August 25 – 31, 2019 OH? Another trip to Jordan Lake Dam. A BEAM CALLED JIM AND A PILE CALLED HORSE Bob takes a break with his new buddy Jim (Beam) which its own set
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Bob flies to Utah for a series of audits and does a little sightseeing – August 11-14 OH BABY Some flights involve being kicked in the back by rambunctious children. Noise cancelling head phones help. VIEWS FROM ABOVE The Green River oxbows its way across the landscape, as do the meandering roads
Lucky us! After more than two years away, Jason and Haruka returned for a visit – August 7-14 TWO AND A HALF YEARS Two and a half years evaporated—poof—the moment we saw our friends, Jason and Haruka. It was as if they\’d just walked over from next door after we hadn’t seen them for
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Abundance, over-abundance, success, and caterpillars. STILL COMING ON AND JUST COMING ON We’re still harvesting peppers and just beginning to harvest okra. THE PEPPERS AND TOMATOES KEEP ON COMING Every other day, we load a stainless steel bowl with Sweet Jemison, Jupiter, Orange Crush jalapenos, and Corno Di Toro peppers, and Sun
