Tips for Booking Your Perfect Campsite

We took over the campground more than 30 years ago. Reservations often came in envelopes through the mail with a SASE. We wrote each reservation onto a huge grid of cardboard. Then we mailed back confirmations. How I wish we had saved one of those monthly grids just for the curiosity factor! But those huge…

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Hank’s Meatballs

Last week we were all about the Armenian Food at the picnic, this Sunday we’ll be enjoying meatballs in the garden…how lucky are we? These days our conversations seem to fall back onto discussions of how much we love meatballs, homemade Italian bread and why Hank calls his tomato sauce “gravy.”  On Sunday we’ll be…

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Mud Season

The peas, radishes, carrots and beets are planted. The kale and Spring onions are ready for harvest…there’s no holding back now!

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This is wonderful.

The best piece of advice I heard in 2022, while working in the studio, was from the 10% Happier Podcast: Stop and recognize happy moments when you’re in the middle of them. Literally stop and say out loud, “This is a happy time.” It’s a way to ground yourself in the joyful parts of your…

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There’s Still a Little Summer to be Had!

As we slide into the end of August and Labor Day draws near, we’re hanging onto the last of the true summer days vigorously. The weather is still warm and the nights are getting a little cooler, creating the perfect time for one last getaway. We have many fun events coming in September and we…

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Staying Balanced

Well, it’s the second week of April and a foot of snow fell today…which normally would make me seriously happy but yesterday it was 60 degrees and I prioritized getting my wool sweaters packed in cedar ’cause I was channeling my Martha Stewart and feeling good about it…thank the Gods I kept my snow boots…

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“Spring is the Time of Plans and Projects”

Leo Tolstoy said it. Do you feel it too? When the clocks spring ahead, it’s time to start gathering up the winter projects that have filled all the corners of the house, workshop and studio and start accessing them with a critical eye…can I get this done in a few hours? is it worth the…

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Photo Safari 

April melted into a memory quicker than it ever should. May is following along the same path. We haven’t suffered the dramatic weather that we’ve seen in other parts of the country but I think in 45 days, we’ve had 6 without rain. Cold, gloomy and punishing if you want to get outdoor chores accomplished.…

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Meet Kathleen Gerdes Artist in Residence August 23 – 29

Becoming a fiber artist was one of the best things that I’ve ever done in my life!  My circle of friends has grown to include people from across the state of Maine and beyond.  I never dreamed that life could be so good!  When I began walking down this path, I was imbedded in a…

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