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Rest in Peace, Christopher Tolkien

By Anne on January 16, 2021January 11, 2021

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien died on 16 January 2020, at the age of 95, in Draguignan, Var, France.

Posted in: Christopher Tolkien, documentary, English poets, Judy Dench, Literature, Poetry, The History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Tom Shippey, video

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Remember this:

By Donald on November 7, 2020

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Is Halloween Pagan?

By Donald on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

Posted in: Halloween

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Into the Woods: Beech Leaf Disease

By Anne on July 7, 2020July 6, 2020

Globalization kills.

Posted in: Beech Leaf Disease, BLD, into the woods, link, Nature, OSU, photography, woods

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Classical Sunday: Hammerschmidt’s Sacred Works

By Anne on May 10, 2020May 8, 2020

Performed by the Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen

Posted in: 17th century classical music, 17th century composers, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Baroque, Classical Music, Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen, entertainment, German 17th century music, Music

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Connie’s Baked Onion

By Anne on May 9, 2020May 8, 2020

Enjoy this episode of “Connie’s Camp Cooking” and glean various yummy recipes.

Posted in: Advice, baked onion, campfire bread, campfire cooking, cobbler, entertainment, Far North Bushcraft And Survival, link, Lonnie and Connie, sweet potato bread, video

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Classical Sunday: By the Brook

By Anne on May 3, 2020

Welcome May! Nature’s music once more on this beautiful Sunday morning in our neck of the woods.

Posted in: Classical Music, entertainment, Family, Nature, photography, water, woods

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Herbal Household Remedies: Mint

By Anne on April 30, 2020April 28, 2020

Most plants of the mint family have a wonderful fragrance and can be used in various ways. Check out this link to find out more.

Posted in: Advice, Foraging, Gardening, Health, Herbal Household Remedies, herbs, link, mint, mint family, outdoors, The Old Farmer's Almanac

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Cultured Wednesday: Cropsey’s Greenwood Lake

By Anne on April 29, 2020April 28, 2020

Frank Cropsey believed that nature was a direct manifestation of God, or so they say.

Posted in: 19th century landscape painters, American 19th century painters, American Art, American landscape painters, American painters, Art, entertainment, Greenwood Lake NJ, Greenwood Lake NY, Hudson River School, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sleepy Hollow

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Classical Sunday: Listen to the Cardinals

By Anne on April 26, 2020April 25, 2020

One more concert of the natural kind.

Posted in: birds, entertainment, Music, Nature, Northern Cardinal, photography, sounds of nature