Category: events

A change of scene

Back from Syracuse. The trip went well. When not attending wedding festivities. we walked around Syracuse and got to know the city a little bit. Most impressive was the huge regional farmer’s market that...

A festival of harvest joy

Common Ground Fair 2024. We had a great time at the fair, as usual. Until I go to the fair, I don’t completely accept fall is coming. Being at the fair teaches me to...

Easter feast

The drive to make life meaningful…to have a purpose. I’ve been thinking about this, and find a major purpose right under my nose: food and cooking. For example, my Easter dishes, vegan and oil-free,...

Eight hours, 49 minutes

That’s the day length on the shortest day of the year here in Hancock, Maine. It’s been around that yesterday, today, tomorrow. Then it starts increasing slowly. A light show, in honor of the...

The fair

It’s hard to convey what the fair is like. I’m so in it when I’m there that I forget to take photos. So much happens that I can’t write about it all. My little...

heart opening

I saw this demonstrated on Instagram using paper (account @the_jpp) and immediately wanted to try it with cloth. It was quite fiddly to weave, but doable. I’m enjoying the result. Something comes over me...