Apparently there’s not just a ghost in the basement. There seems to be more than one. “It’s like a room full of noisy children down there!” My friend Joellyn, a psychic, gave us the macabre news shortly after the cafe opened when she was coming by to purchase meats. “They’re harmless,” she assured me as […]
Stupid Idea
I learned a lot this summer. I learned to put customer numbers on guest checks to keep track of orders. I learned to use guest checks. I learned that a farm can grow the commons as well as it can grow meat and vegetables. I learned that it helps to clean up and set tables […]
The Open Flag
OPEN flags are like babies. They change you for life. Just as pregnancy hormones alone started unraveling the do-good school girl in me, causing me to suddenly challenge doctors, stare down speeding cars when I approached a cross walk or stand up to pushy people; so too did the mere knowledge that the OPEN flag […]
Customer Service
There is no Pepsi in our cooler. We offer regionally-made kombucha. There are no Snickers bars on our counter. We bake fresh pie every morning from local fruit. We don’t fry eggs to order. We can’t grow enough eggs to supply our local customers’ demand for fresh eggs as it is. We don’t sell sandwiches. The […]
The Luxury of Necessity
I approached the start of this year’s homeschool season with reservation. Over the course of the summer, Bob and I seem to have each adopted yet another full-time job with the new cafe. Mondays and Tuesdays were supposed to be our days off, but they went toward receiving orders, bookkeeping, training, and catching up on […]
Blackberries
I’m writing today to celebrate the blackberries. Bob and I have been lured into the brambles each morning on our daily walk these past two weeks, as we discover plump fistfuls hanging under the shadiest leaves. Our one hour ramble stretches out to two hours as we fill our fists, our cheeks, our hats, a […]
Peep and Pop
We’re still settling in with our new technology and settling down after our latest wool run. So this week’s post comes from my files. I wrote it several weeks ago, and thought I’d run it this week while we catch up. I’m sitting at my desk when I hear the wails of despair from the […]
Super High Speed Internet Comes to ….WEST FULTON?!
PRESS RELEASE, For more information, Contact Erin France at Midtel (emfrance<at>midtel.net), or call 518.827.5211. “A farmer walks into a telecommunications company.” It could be the start of a good joke. Instead, it was the start of a powerful partnership. “People approach us all the time,” says Jason Becker, Executive Vice President and General Manager of […]
The Fledgling
I am wondering lately if I have spoiled my children in the past, or if I am neglecting them in the present. Bob shakes his head in disgust and tells anyone who will listen that I have always kept vampire hours, a mystery that he pretends not to understand. But we both understand. I’ve worked […]
Homemaking Meets Hospitality
“Saoirse, this isn’t our house. Get your stuff off the couch.” “Ula, this isn’t our house. No eating or drinking in the kitchen. Take it outside.” “Mom, this isn’t our kitchen. If you have to touch the food, wear gloves.” We own the cafe, but only because our name is on the deed. Already we […]
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