The News from Out on Bittersweet It’s a sunny fall-like day today and we are preparing for special visitors on Bittersweet Farm all the way from the Oregon coast. Today the Preacher’s Wife is selling her wonderful-smelling candles at the Main Street Market sponsored by the Urban Farm Girl near Rockford, Illinois. Tomorrow we will […]
We Live In A Nice Place | September 1, 2022 | Bittersweet Farm Journal
‘Til The Storm Passes Over A big wind came through Monday night and made a mess. It was amazing to watch the power of the dark storm. The dark, roiling clouds passed through in less than thirty minutes. Trees that have been thriving longer than I have been on earth snapped off or were uprooted […]
Dreaming of Big Things | September 25, 2022 | Bittersweet Farm Journal
On my day off I often drive the back way to the village for breakfast. I like to sip my coffee and roll through the countryside and watch the seasons turn. Last night I rode 18 miles through the countryside at dusk on my lime-green gravel bike (still thinking on an appropriate name) and noticed […]
Cold Rain and Thunder | August 18, 2022 | Bittersweet Journal
Last night I put on my sunglasses for a bike ride and started down the trail. I rode east from Teff Road between the two sections of Lime Like into the woods and past fields east. Between Moscow and Reynolds a dark storm came in unexpectedly from the north east and soaked me with cold […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | August 1, 2022 | Who Needs You?
[Grand Niece Lottie] They say it’s good to get outdoors. My doctor told me, “You need to get out and break a sweat every day.” I said, “O I try to take a walk every day…” He interrupted me. “You are not in your 80’s. You are in your 60’s. You need serious exercise and you […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | June 27, 2022 | A Michigan Saturday Night
It’s my day off. I’m by the open window and the catbirds are singing like the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. I’ve been riding my bike (Brutus) on the Falling Waters Trail of late. This morning I logged 15.4 miles on a perfect morning. At the moment it is sunny and breezy–a delightful summer day. Lois and […]