Author Archives: marigold

Plenty of Pennsylvania

Posted on August 2, 2011 by marigold

In another time, during another life, I had a house near the Water Gap. Back then, Pike County, where the house was located, was known for rocks, Republicans and rattlesnakes–charming, no? Friends, who are not enamored of any of the … Continue reading →

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Gardeners Have the Best Dirt

Posted on July 28, 2011 by marigold

Last weekend, after the Race for the Cure, I visited two Manchester, VT gardens available as part of the Vermont Garden Conservancy Open Days program and was I glad I did! The first “garden,” Turkey Hill Farm, encompasses  seven exquisitely … Continue reading →

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Racing (and eating) for the Cure

Posted on July 26, 2011 by marigold

  I’ve run or walked in the Vermont (now the Vermont/New Hampshire) Race for the Cure for the past fifteen-plus years. It’s all about superstition. My mother died from breast cancer at fifty-nine after dealing with the disease for over … Continue reading →

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Connecticut Capers

Posted on July 19, 2011 by marigold

Among the boldface names we did not visit in Cornwall, CT were actors, Oliver Platt and Sam Waterston, or composer Tom Jones. We did spend time with a friend who owns a very old, lovingly restored house with a huge … Continue reading →

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Honest Abe in the Berkshires

Posted on July 12, 2011 by marigold

About four million people visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, each year but only a fraction of those drop in at Chesterwood, the summer home of the statue’s sculptor, Daniel Chester French, (1850-1931). Chesterwood, near Stockbridge, MA, was French’s … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2011 by marigold

A big day for cook-outs, fireworks and flying the flag. You probably won’t be called upon to sing the National Anthem but here’s a little history about its origin: In 1814, young Francis Scott Key, a lawyer and amateur poet, … Continue reading →

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Giving a Fig

Posted on June 27, 2011 by marigold

En route to Sonoma, after the exhilaration of driving over the Golden Gate Bridge, we stopped briefly in Sausalito to admire the boats–house and other.  On a beautiful Saturday morning, everyone within miles of Sonoma apparently turns up in the … Continue reading →

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Open Up That Golden Gate

Posted on June 22, 2011 by marigold

San Francisco has many qualities in common with New York–fabulous restaurants, great museums, diversity–which may be why I find it so simpatico.  SF also has this iconic bridge which was great fun to drive over en route to Sonoma. Shortly … Continue reading →

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Peony

Posted on June 11, 2011 by marigold

Inspired by the exquisite white-with-raspberry-accented peonies in crystal containers at a luncheon, I decided my Vermont garden needed a white peony.  Peonies are my all time fave flowers and the four plants I already have are deep to pale pink. … Continue reading →

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This Little Piggy

Posted on June 5, 2011 by marigold

The first sleepover camp I went to was in Rochester, VT. Skyhollow Farm was a mini-farm with chores–caring for chickens, turkeys, one calf, horses (hotly contested) and pigs as part of the daily schedule.  The pigs  (three, what else?) were … Continue reading →

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