Autumn has arrived

I have been feeling so scattered and pressured this beginning of the schoolyear that I have neglected to post since Labor Day Weekend.  Not for want of trying, but nothing has come together!  Every year I feel older when the start of the school year comes around and I find it more difficult to re-attune [...]

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Happy New Year

It’s just about time to say goodnight on the first day of the new year.  We have had a very laid-back vacation this time around.  We kept the holiday spending to a minimum this year and my favorite gifts were two:  the gift of our son and our grandson being with us, as well as [...]

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Lobster and Shrimp to the Rescue!

We have been scrimping on everything these days as, like everyone else, we are trying to make ends meet and make do with less. We try to think creatively, and recently we feel we really got onto something good!  When we take our chickens to the butcher we need to put them into crates of [...]

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