Yummy kebob shop in Cville and scene of many long talks with “Aunt Skip.”

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or at least 8 acres of them at Critzer Farm at the foot of Afton Mountain.

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Part two of making mud bricks. After we mixed up the mud yesterday we poured some into various different moulds, i.e. junk, that I happened to have lying around: egg cartons, plastic apple sauce containers, a plastic hummus container and a huge yogurt cup. We left all of these out to bake in the sun and today’s weather …

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The best thing about a husband who breaks things in and around the house? He knows how to fix them.

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Last year on April 28 we found three dead sheep on a hike in the Scottish Highlands. Sam remembers the dead sheep. Is this going to be one of those memories she carries from childhood to adulthood? I wonder. This year on April 28 there were no sheep, dead or otherwise. But Sam did draw a picture of a farm girl trying …

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It’s been a long time since we’ve experienced a proper thunderstorm. They just don’t happen in the Bay Area. I think we had thunder once in Brighton last year, but it was short lived. This storm has been raging all evening now. First there was distant thunder. Then wind. Then a LOT of wind. Then rain. Then flashes …

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