These are the first hot & humid days of summer and I am reminded again that I never want to live in a hot enviroment. The heat just turns me into a sluggy slug and so after work today I am going to find water and jump into it ( Read more... )

Today, I took the day off, offically.  Since, for the rest of the week I'll be at Colby-Sawyer nearly non-stop for senior week and graduation.  What did I do with the day you ask?  I pruned trees.  With my trusty bow saw and aluminum latter I walked the property looking for dead growth and growth that gets in the way of promenading in our lovely ( Read more... )

Spring has sprung because its sugaring time in New England. This year I helped my friend put in a thousand taps and for the past two weekends we've been boiling. Let me say that it is great to chop wood, feed a fire and make maple syrup with a friend. And of course the rewards are sweet.

Here's a good article on a place in Vermont;
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Micro:This morning I woke overjoyed to know I was going to the Niboli's to have coffee with Kate's Aunt Pat. Pat had brought her sailboats cabin cushions with her for Sally and I to upholster and showed me the two fabrics she had chosen. One is a nice moss green with a wavy pattern, the other is large stylized leaves. Pat told me she has a ( Read more... )

Summer has finally hit my part of NH after the final 'Frost Advisory Warning' on June 4th! And, I have entered full relaxation mode where my brain slows down to about 1/2 its normal speed since my job upholstering at Sally's is anything but stressful ( Read more... )

I've lived here for over a year now and so it's past due that I say how much I love the light in this place, the fat old moldings, the circular layout, the big bay windows to read in and the wooden floors that are fun to slide across 'Risky Business' style.


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Two weeks ago I had my first real sugaring experience. I have a new friend, Brian Hyot that has a sugarbush on his grandparents land. I took way too much joy tromping through the woods on my snowshoes, hammer in one hand, drill in the other tapping trees ( Read more... )

Travel stresses and I think the entire country in one day would tire anyone.  My world explodes again and again when my stress climaxes.  I operate within this stress with surprising speed, consideration of my options and courses of action.

After a day home, seeing family I realize how much I need the support of my family, especially at this ( Read more... )

Flatbreads with Liz, Sam, Kelsey, Llama, Casey, Bethany, Erica, Adam, Lindsay, Sara, Brent


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