Old Time Community Fun of Country Dance Circle, square, and contra dances taught and called by practiced callers to the lively jigs and reels played by Relatively Sound Band. From 7:00-9:00 the first Saturday of every month. Organized collaboratively by Motherhouse, Inc and Taghhannuck Grange #100. January, March, April, June, July, September, October, and December [...]
Rachel Gall of NW CT teaches, fiddles and calls Traditional New England Country Dances. Call her at 860-824-8404 for lessons and homespun organic music entertainment. Rachel Gall has been playing violin since she was 3 years old. As a young adult she began fiddling around with folk music and teaching violin lessons. Thanks to a [...]
Summer Berries When you see them, pick them. Don't pass by, thinking You'll be back again. There is no back again, when You see them. This poignant poetry by a former neighbor, Nick Givotovsky, reminds us to be always in the present. The wisdom of his words is weighted by knowing that Nick was killed [...]
Springtime Musings by Megan Haney of Marble Valley Farm in Kent, CT... Stinging Nettles ... as sure a sign of spring as a body could hope for Stinging nettles are one of my all-time favorite spring foods. I learned a long time ago from the writings of herbalist Susun Weed to harvest these puppies barehanded [...]
