Over the years I have experimented with and refined my method for berry muffins. This is the recipe I use almost exclusively, and I find it is adaptable to most summer berries you will come across. I find that using active yoghourt (AKA yoghurt, yogurt, or yogourt - either homemade or a good store bought [...]

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It has been raining, pouring, or something in between for the last ten days and promises to do so for another week (despite today’s sunny blue morning – we had a very nice cold front move through at dinnertime last night). I know this has something to do with the good berry harvest this [...]

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admin on July 25th, 2008

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John on July 23rd, 2008

For the past couple of years I have used Blogger for all of my blogging and online websites. About 18 months ago I began migrating to fully hosted domains, starting with my bookstore, Zephyrus Books.
When I started my newer website, Old Book Art, I needed to find a hosting company that allowed for lots [...]

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Originally Posted April 2007
Today was one of those mornings we could sleep in. Which, as anyone with children knows, means past 6:30. Which, as we also know, means that because we can, we won’t be able to.

Our son, who is slowly learning not to wake us up just because he is awake, could be heard [...]

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admin on July 22nd, 2008

Original Post May 2007

This morning I saw a turkey, presumably a female, possibly looking for a place to brood. I hope she chooses well, for last year she didn’t (if it is the same one, that is). Please, please find a better spot.

This is not just because turkeys are neat to have around, although they [...]

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admin on July 22nd, 2008

Original Posting March 2007
We have in the field below our house a nice flat glacial erratic, just the right size for a family of four to gather with blankets and sleeping bags on starry nights.
How is it he keeps the night, God?
Alone, in universal space.
Is his the loneliness of time?
And being. Night defines his place. [...]

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admin on July 22nd, 2008

Originally Posted October 2007.
Well, I’ve had some requests for the originals of the Wallace pictures. I cannot post the originals as they are all 10 MB or so, but I started a new website, OldBookArt.com (go to http://www.oldbookart.com/Wallace_Adirondacks/index.html)where you can download these and other old images for free. For the most part they are 1 [...]

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Originally Posted July 2007

Ever since I started scanning pictures such as the Lean-to shelter from Wallace’s 1875 Guide to the Adirondacks (posted earlier this year), I have started loading them to websites so they can be reproduced as framed prints, postcards, note cards and the like. I have a dozen or so such as the [...]

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Originally added April 2007

Continue reading about An Old ADK Lean-To – from the Frontis of Wallace’s 1875 Guide to the Adirondacks