by Sue Schlabach | Oct 10, 2012 | Autumn, England, Family, Natural World, Sewing
An autumn bed of leaves under our maple tree reminds me of a performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream that I saw in Stratford, England, when I was 19. It was the later 1980s. Life was my oyster. Before the woodland scenes the stage crew rolled out a carpet of...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 3, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Family, Farm Life, Ireland, Travel
Meet Azalea. She joined our little flock yesterday which brings us back to four sheep after the loss of Oscar in August. She is a Navajo Churro breed. Our others are Dorset crosses. Today got me thinking of our first serious discussion about raising lambs. We...
by Sue Schlabach | Aug 28, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Chickens, Eating and Cooking, Family, Farm Life, Garden, Recipes, Summer, Vermont
Tonight’s dinner of braised root vegetables was seasoned with bouquet garni—a pleasing little bundle of parsley, thyme and bay. We ate the sweet potatoes, carrots, and beets over gnocchi, drizzled with the pan juices, butter, and chopped herbs. The wind picked...
by Sue Schlabach | Aug 26, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Eating and Cooking, Family, Farm Life, Friendship, Garden, Local Food, Summer
Oh E.B. White. You came to mind immediately yesterday. A day so long and multi-faceted that my memory of it now breaks it into chapters. More of E.B. White to come. Stay with me. Chapter 1 12:15 a.m. Lights out. We’ve just finished watching the sad and slightly...
by Sue Schlabach | Aug 10, 2012 | Family, Natural World, Summer, Vermont
I grew up in southeastern Pennsylvania where summers were hot and muggy. When a thunderstorm rolled in I loved to sit on the porch swing watching sheets of rain pour down off the roof, with the lilacs 15 feet away becoming a mere shadow of themselves through...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 28, 2012 | Family, Handmade, Summer
An early summer evening after heavy rain. The perfect night for vows to be shared, poems read, music heard. The scene: a renovated barn and its lush wooded grounds in rural Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The wedding cake was whoopie pies. The feast specialized in vegetarian...
