Country Life in Sandwich, New Hampshire
Oh, my! It was shearing day for the ewes on the farm, and also for Russell, the once-imposing-looking Dorest ram. I had never seen this done (except for in the Australian TV drama/addiction McLeod’s Daughters), and I was so impressed. Steve hires … Continue Reading →
As spring settles in and it’s time to wash and store the sap buckets, the farm is shifting into full-out gardening mode. A key to the success of a robust organic market garden is rich soil fed by compost. As … Continue Reading →
If you love margaritas, Mexican food, key lime pie, or lime garnishes for your gin and tonic, you appreciate a juicy lime that yields cooperatively to a knife. Limes aren’t happy in the refrigerator for long, but if left on the … Continue Reading →
What do preschoolers at Sandwich Children’s Center do? They walk out the back door of the Center and into the woods to look for animal tracks and scat ~ no “ews” from country kids! They also go into the woods … Continue Reading →
I often eat yogurt for lunch, and recently I decided to jazz it up with granola. The grocery store shelves had so many choices that I became nearly comatose in the cereal isle. I was saved by a small elderly … Continue Reading →
I don’t know why it is that when I see a wild animal, an exciting one, my instinctive reaction is to call out its name. (Shouldn’t evolution have eliminated that trait by now?) There was the time, a few summers … Continue Reading →
The Town of Sandwich and local conservation organizations maintain some beautiful open spaces in the area, including Sandwich Notch Park. One of our favorite dog walks (off-leash romps, mostly) is to Beede Falls, located in the park. We often start … Continue Reading →
Last Wednesday, the dictionary.com Word of the Day was “catawampus.” How do I know this? Jason Gay mentioned it in his Wall Street Journal article about one of the players on the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team as March Madness is … Continue Reading →
My local hair stylist called this a “dumb winter,” and I must agree! We had little snow — virtually no sledding, show shoeing, ice skating, or cross-country skiing — and the maple sugaring thaw has been crazy. For the sap … Continue Reading →
My mother read the Little House books to me at bedtime. I can remember tapping on her shoulder to wake her up when she had drifted off to sleep. I loved those books, and when I began reading Little House in the … Continue Reading →