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Graduation

Graduation Jack and I were delighted to be asked to fly down to Silver Spring MD to participate in grandson Geoff’s high school graduation. From the beginning of Pomp and Circumstance through the…
Going Above and Beyond

It tickles me every May to visit the flower boxes that live on and in our deck railings, and to find that once again the petunias have “hatched” somewhere around 2000 little petunias.…
Fulsomness

Coming home from England after being away only 7 short days provided me with an almost overwhelm of profusion. The fruit trees were all in bloom, the lettuce and Asian greens under the…
Let it Rain

Tuesday night was the first thunderstorm of the season, followed by another on Wednesday night, followed by yet another on Thursday night. We finished off the week with rain off and on Friday.…
Balancing the macro and the micro

I went to bed on Tuesday night, April 7, not knowing if I would wake up to a cataclysm the next day. I wondered with Jack that night if I should chain the…
Food Security

When the world seems to be in chaos and people get anxious about supply chains, the cost of gas, and eventually food, we are very happy to be here on the farm, raising…

Graduation