Bingo Granola! Yes indeed, that is the name! It’s made in Brattleboro, Vermont and I buy it at Greenfield’s Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings.  I’ve just finished the bottom of my second bag. I often eat it with a little maple syrup (not really necessary – just to please my sweet tooth) and on top [...]
Heard on the playground today from a three and half year old child who just wasn’t convinced that school was happening at the playground. The last day of school was being celebrated at a local park with family invited, snacks, a story teller, lots of running and rolling down slides, and lunch. But this little [...]
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I sit typing in a room used since 1857 as a spiritual meeting place by the Shakers of this community. How fascinating to sit in the middle of this room using wireless and a laptop in a space once used to observe one’s spiritual beliefs. I sit and imagine how odd it feels and wonder [...]
Tags: scholarship·Shaker·Shaker cooking
Today I was at a conference at Umass Boston, with my trusty new touch iPod in hand with hopes that I could blog, check emails, etc. while in attendance. Did any of those happen? Just one – one little email.   Was it my iPod? NO.  Was it me? MAYBE  Was it the frustration of technology? [...]
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A rare moment is about to happen in my house: I’m not going to win the lottery, and as far as I know it won’t be 90 degrees tomorrow, nor will I wake up 25 years old. Or maybe I will. Tomorrow my two children and grandchild come to visit for a short 48 hours. [...]
Seen in Greenfield Massachusetts on October 31, 2008: And some local color for our loved ones who don’t live in New England:
Tags: autumn·McCain·New England·Obama
Today I spent a wonderful hour in the company of GCC students; some members of the Human Services Club (I think, either that or the Peace & Justice Program), the others were students in a song-writing class. They had put together a program to honor Gandhi’s birthday. (They made note that it was past his [...]
Tags: Gandhi·Greenfield Community College·joy·peace·students
Hubby and I left yesterday afternoon to take a short road trip on our way to Clinton, NY where Wednesday through Sunday we will be attending a Seminar on the Shakers. Yesterday morning we enjoyed a beautiful drive across Western Mass down to Stockbridge where we visited Naumkeag. This is one of the famous “cottages” [...]
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