September Swan Song

We interrupt this letter for an important correction to last week’s essay…which you all read, right?   A Dark & Stormy is made with dark rum!  Not vodka!…so drop the Smirnoff, grab Capt. Morgan, and no one gets hurt.   Back to matters at hand…September.  It may be a long long time from May to December…but you can always count …

Falling Forward

I’m baaa-aack!  Did you miss me?  I hope you are all adjusting to our temporary encampment on the East Side of the Ave..  Sorry I couldn’t be there for the big switch.  But I can report that, end to end, PA is still beautiful, and that coming home is still the nicest part of any road trip.  Don’t let this …

The Farmer’s Daughter

We interrupt this newsletter to bring you some breaking actual news…It’s happening!  By the time you read this, the much anticipated renovation of the Lansdowne Landing, original home to the Lansdowne Farmers Market, has begun!  This Saturday we reconvene on the Highland Avenue lot directly behind Dunkin’ Donuts (or is it just “Dunkin”?), where we will hold the remaining weeks …

Melon-cholia

Mid August and the livin’ is delicious!  Sure, come November you’ll be all about turkey stuffing and gravy and such, but here in the summer sun, it’s all about instant gratification.  Peaches and plums and sweet sticky goodness that you can eat out of hand.  And watermelon!  OK, that might take a little work, getting to the goods, but once …