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News from Up North

June 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · News from Up North, rural life

St. Patrick’s church in Cambridge recently celebrated its annual “Strawberry Festival,” which turns out to mean strawberry shortcake with a choice of sponge cake, angel food cake or shortcake biscuit. I chose the biscuit, thinking of the way we like to serve strawberry shortcake at our home. As you can see in the photo above, […]

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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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Just a Closer Walk with Thee

June 19th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Arts, rural life

The Washington County Band opened its summer season with a free concert at Fort Salem Theater last night. Here’s their take on the gospel classic Just a Closer Walk with Thee, performed in the style of a New Orleans jazz funeral march. It’s amazing to me that a community this small can field so many […]

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