Our mother is an artist and a poetic soul. She savors springtime and blossoms pushing up through the mud. She clips branches of lilacs and fills the house with a heavy, sweet smell. She loves sunshine and warm airy days. She is sensitive and genteel and carries herself with dignity. Mom taught us the finer…
April Joy
Have you ever held a little downy ball in your cupped hands and felt the pitterpatter of a chick’s heartbeat against your fingers? We are always amazed at how delicate a little chick can be! Matthew and N’gella added 6 new hens to their flock this year and we enjoyed watching them grow from tiny…
When The Snow Melts Into Spring
We enjoyed a snowy winter this year with storms rolling in every week and frigid temps freezing the local ponds and lakes into solid ice. Some of us took advantage of a snowbound day at home to trudge through the wind and snow to a small pond nearby and clear the ice. Skating in a…
Maple Gingerbread
Every year we plan an extensive gingerbread village built around a theme. After kicking around several suggestions we settled on Quebec, as we know it. Kathryn and Susanna planned and sketched the blueprints and over the next few weeks, a ginger version of La Beauce appeared on our counter. Susanna made the border crossing sign…
Welcoming the New Year
The first few weeks of January are always a good time to take stock of where we are in life and where we are headed. In our family, we don’t necessarily make long lists of resolutions, but we do make some manageable goals to aim for as we dive into the new year. Carolyn and…
Christmas at Home
December is typically marked by a long list of concerts at varied nursing homes, senior centers and churches. This year we baked a lot more cookies, gave away traditional loaves of pumpkin bread and practiced for our livestream family concert. We also pitched in at our local Wheels for the World warehouse in CT, loading…
Truly Thankful
November blew in on a blast of cold air, giving voters a chilly experience on Election Day and turning campaigning candidates into walking sticks of ice. The first Tuesday in November holds a place of prominence in our home and has for a long time. Every year we work the polls in our town and…
Autumn Tidbits
Welcome autumn! It crept up on us this year. Gold and orange popped out overnight and the first fluttering leaves announced that autumn had indeed arrived. The last couple months were chock full! Campaigning for Jim Townsley, cleaning up after a major tropical storm, a photography field day with James Staddon of Lenspiration, a week…
A Slice of Summer
It’s common to hear folks commiserating about the heat these days, but there is a lot to be said for summer. It means picnics in the backyard or balmy evenings outside, tipping our heads back for a view of the stars. It means family traditions, like an evening out to Hammonassett to watch the sunset….
A Star Spangled Weekend
The Fourth of July saw a lot of patriotic flag waving as we celebrated in traditional Bennett style. Our annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence went on as scheduled after last-minute logistics fell into place. We were so thankful for a light cloud cover and a decent sized crowd that turned out, bringing…