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News from Up North

August 18th, 2013 · No Comments · Blog, News from Up North, rural life

Area artists held a reception with their works at the Georgi Museum in Shushan on Saturday and one of the people we ran across was this gentleman cooking fish and sausages on a strange looking, Rube Goldberg sort of apparatus. Turns out he is Michael Bonadio, the foundry director at Salem Art Works, and, like […]

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News from Up North

August 11th, 2013 · No Comments · News from Up North, rural life

You just never know where culture is going to pop up in our part of Washington County. A recent article in the local paper mentioned an upcoming concert by a group called Harpeth Rising. It caught my eye because the composition of the group seemed a bit unusual: violin, cello, drums and banjo. Attendance required […]

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Puckers Pickles

July 31st, 2013 · No Comments · rural life

One of our greatest discoveries searching for farm property in Washington County was a locally made fermented pickle sold fresh: Puckers Pickles. We liked the garlic pickles. We loved the kimchi. But we were absolutely smitten with a pickled Thai salad that seemed to be unique to Puckers. We couldn’t get enough of it and […]

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