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Dear Folks: February 24, 1995
Dear Folks,
It’s only February, but the first lambs are in the barn!
They were born yesterday. I found them out in the barnyard, wet and wobbly when I came out to do the morning chores. We had barely started watching for them. They’re the result of an accident. A kindly neighbor mistakenly let the errant ewes into the pasture with Wally [...]
Dear Folks: January 20, 1995
Hi, dear folks!
I’m roughly over Cleveland on a TWA jet headed for St. Louis (3 hours late). On my way to Monsanto, about which more later. Late because Boston is foggy. Foggy because the greenhouse effect or El Nino or whatever has brought the warmest, longest January thaw I’ve ever seen. Last Sunday and Monday it was 60 degrees at [...]
Dear Folks: November 27, 1994
Dear Folks,
It’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and I’ve just permitted myself to put on the Messiah for the first time this holiday season. I’m alone for the weekend and having a great time. Mostly I like it when this house is full of people and activity, which it very much has been lately. But now and again, I enjoy putzing [...]
Dear Folks: October 30, 1994
Dear Folks,
It’s wonderful to come back to the farm from a long time on the road. The quiet, instead of the pounding noise (have you noticed how LOUD the world is getting?). Oakleaf lettuce picked fresh from the garden instead of iceberg lettuce days old. Air that smells of pine trees, not diesel fumes. Good physical work to do instead [...]
Dear Folks: September 25, 1994
August 30, 1994
Logan Airport
Dear Folks,
It’s early to start a letter to you — I just finished sending out the last one. But I know what happens in September. There’s the Balaton meeting. Then there’s the accelerating pace of fall on the farm, and when it comes time to write your monthly letter, I get overwhelmed. So I’ll get ahead this [...]
