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Barber of Seville

July 28th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Arts, Local events

Coming soon to our little opera house in Cambridge is Rossini’s Barber of Seville. Yesterday the public was invited to Hubbard Hall to hear two authorities tell the back story of the opera–young lovers who must overcome obstacles to be together–while cast members intermittently sang key selections. Turns out the cast just met yesterday. Some […]

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Moving, Too

June 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Blog, Local events, rural life

When we aren’t moving sheep and chickens around on our new farm property we occasionally break to move our possessions from the District of Columbia to Upstate New York. My wife, who remains in D.C. to pack all of our worldly goods and prepare our apartment for new tenants, yesterday sent a friend, John, 400 […]

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Here’s that Rain You Ordered

May 25th, 2013 · No Comments · farming, Local events

Everybody in our part of Upstate New York has been complaining about how dry it’s been this spring. Where’s the rain? Well, you couldn’t have written a wetter, colder, drearier script for this Memorial Day weekend. As luck would have it, this is the weekend my wife and daughter chose to visit. They haven’t moved […]

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