A recent guest, over in the vicinity of the chicken coops. And this, is why we keep trail cams. We like to know who is visiting the property. Check out this bad boy a bit closer to the chicken coop than is good news. He seems to have dropped by...
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New England’s Answer to Alaskan Nettle Bread. Sitting here, in the wood stove’s warmth, I can see the trees, they look cold and stressed by the winter. Perhaps it is the unwinter like warmth lately… It is February, usually a...
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Hot Chocolate The trees have grown skeletal, and the grass too has thinned out and browned some. The sky was clear today, a New England bright blue color that whispered of the cold, bright but frigid. I spent much of the day outside in the yard...
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Apple Pie Winter’s Holly King, can be felt now in the air… The days grow shorter with each passing day. The sky is already dark. A chill is entering the now beautiful, comfortable air outside. The trees too are preparing to sleep...
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Waiting for Henry The air is heavy. More of a sludge than air. It is unbreathable outside, in the calm before the coming hurricane. The air smells of grey and life about to be smoked by heavy winds tearing through laying waste to the beautiful...
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Making Tea (dandelion, food grade lavender, cinnamon stick, fresh raspberry leaves. We should all be adults here. I know I certainly am not writing for the under age crowd. I write assuming they are busy on Tiktok, not at all interested in what I...
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