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The Best of Simple

The Best of Simple

The Best of Simple During my recent post about our visit to White Gate Farm I briefly mentioned that we are trying to live mostly vegetarian, and what our criteria are when we occasionally do eat meat.  My friend and guest blogger Renate subscribes to…

White Gate Farm Tour — March 24, 2018

White Gate Farm Tour — March 24, 2018

White Gate Farm Tour — March 24, 2018 East Lyme, Connecticut On an unseasonably cold weekend in March, Darryl and I visited our friend David and his family in Connecticut. David had kept the daytime plans for Saturday a secret. We were wowed when he…

“Ach Du liebe Zeit!”

“Ach Du liebe Zeit!”

“ach du liebe zeit!” “Ach Du Liebe Zeit!” A phrase often heard from my mother, and repeated with glee by my children as a favorite “Oma-ism” (quotes from their Oma — the German word for Grandma). Interestingly, Darryl already knew and frequently used his own…