by Ellie | Oct 31, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
How many surprises can a three-day writers’ retreat produce? I wasn’t even sure why I was there. I went to Singing Hills Camp in NH, knowing just one other person. I left on hugging terms with countless others. Unexpected connections: “Are you related to Rachel? I was...
by Ellie | Oct 20, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
The day was planned out—to the minute, to the detail. Everything set up just right, including a high-tech PortaPotty (40 gallons of water for a pedal-operated sink). Guests coming from as far away as Wisconsin. It would be a splendid tree-farm tour. Except . . . RAIN....
by Ellie | Oct 6, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
Beheadings are much in the news lately. We are horrified, and rightly so, but this has been a common method of execution from way back. Even King David did away with a number of miscreants in that fashion. Nevertheless, in this day and age it seems horrendous,...
by Ellie | Sep 20, 2014 | blog
Tree Farming Quiz I, having been a tree farmer for 50 years, know a few things about trees. How much do you know? Send me an email with answers to these questions, and if you get them all right, I’ll send you one of our tour gifts. [See below] Do tree farms mainly...
by Ellie | Sep 5, 2014 | blog
I don’t think I’ve ever watched COPS on TV, but I assume the crime scenes sometimes involve death. Not, however, the death of one of the camera crew. Bryce D. Dion was killed on August 28 in Omaha, Nebraska, doing what he loved—filming with the COPS television show....
by Ellie | Aug 22, 2014 | blog
No, that’s not a spelling mistake. Read on. I am a Gustafson. Before marriage I was an Emmans. My father’s middle name was Titus, named after his mother’s maiden name. Titus. Hold that name. A week ago, Jim and I visited a cemetery in Hackettstown NJ. Atop a...
