Dear Folks: April 25, 1999
Dear Folks,
Maybe we won’t need to put a “for sale” sign on Foundation Farm.
Maybe it will sell itself.
As soon as I started talking about putting it on the market, I got three expressions of interest, one from my next-door neighbor Peter Whybrow, one from a nice family in Meriden who have been eyeing it for some time. So this week [...]
Dear Folks: March 28, 1999
Dear Folks,
Foundation Farm has just invented a cartoon strip, the first installment of which you will find in this newsletter.
It started on the “white board” in our kitchen, the place where we write up the shopping list and the “to fix” list and the “to do” list. Sometimes random comments, announcements, or complaints appear on this board, but normally it [...]
Dear Folks: January 23, 1999
January 23, 1999
Dear Folks,
Have you ever noticed that entropy travels in waves? Things don’t fall apart in a steady or random pattern; rather when one thing breaks down, somehow the disorder is catching, and all sorts of other things break down, and you find yourself doing nothing but running around trying to get things fixed.
Maybe this phenomenon is only noticed [...]
Dear Folks: August 25, 1998
Dear Folks,
Well, I guess I’ll start with the sad news and end with the happy news, because that’s the order in which they happened. If you don’t like sad news, skip a page or so.
The process by which the universe is directing me to let go of Foundation Farm continued in its orderly pace this month, by bringing the life [...]
Dear Folks: April 26, 1998
Dear Folks,
Such a difference a month makes in New England in April! Especially this April, which has been as warm and sunny and sweet as any I can remember.
Because of the lovely weather, we’re two weeks ahead of schedule. Boy, does THAT ever feel good — and rare in our hectic spring! Stephen and Kerry have their whole two acre [...]
