Tall Clover Farm

Not sure if Boz is cuddling up to me or the cashmere. Last September, summer’s extended stay gave notice to the night with a persistent chill insinuating itself on our outdoor gathering. While my friends Nancy and Scarlett had decorated their gazebo and garden table in floral and fabric finery, dinner guests came prepared, outfitted [...]

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A followup to my post: 10 Things I Learned This Summer Summer is too generous a season to limit my learning curve to a wee bunny slope. A mere 10 lessons to be learned, I think not. As I sit at my kitchen table ignoring autumn’s various and persistent calling cards, I ponder a few [...]

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I’m a man who’s a fan of things to can, a preserve practitioner ready to bottle up summer sweet things at a moment’s notice or as availability allows. So when the folks at the SweetPreservation.com asked me to be a CANbassador, delivering a case of succulent Washington state plums, peaches and nectarines along with the question, [...]

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