A Cape Cod Curiosity

    Here is a basket of Cape Cod Gold, the infamous Quahogs.  They are known in other places as Cherry-stones or Little-necks, but nevertheless, they are especially wonderful when freshly dug from the sand.

Early winter is the best time to dig, when the water is very cold and the clam muscle is nice and firm……Yum!

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Preserving Our Personal Heritage

 Our Stuff

This week two seemingly uneventful things occurred and converged into some interesting thought and introspection.  I was sorting through some boxes of personal items that I had collected and saved from my early years, and later in the week I went to a favorite antique mall to wander and enjoy.

 My precious boxes [...]

Endless Winter

I just returned from a long weekend at our little camp in Northern Vermont.  The weather was warm and sunny, the  frost is out of the ground and the drifts of Queen Ann’s Lace have replaced the snow banks along the roadsides.   Summer has finally come to the North Woods! 

Our neighbors are plowing the fields to [...]