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  Backporch Bliss

  BY:Dr. Brent

  Do you remember how the beginning of summer feels? As adults, every season seems to flow seamlessly into the next–you know, kind of like sand in an hour glass.    But just try to remember for the moment the feeling of waking up that first morning of summer break when you were in fifth grade.  No [...]

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  The Color Purple

  BY:Dr. Brent

  A rather random weather pattern this spring resulted in an intoxicating display by the lilacs throughout the Mohawk Valley this year.  Though now past their prime, I spent many evenings over the last several weeks sitting on the knoll beneath their branches.  I cannot adequately capture their scent in words, so I decided to take [...]

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  A Farmer John Mystery

  BY:Dr. Brent

  I came very close to murdering dear Farmer John this weekend. I don’t think I have to tell you that farming is a very small margin business, and the margins are even smaller when one is just starting out.  I use every ounce of knowledge gleaned from my MBA to keep The Beekman in the [...]

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  Younger Than Springtime

  BY:Dr. Brent

  Each year at New Market Elementary School in Sophia, North Carolina, there’s a May Day celebration.  Each of the grades works for months to perfect their own special dance to perform for the community.  There’s also a May Court with a King and Queen elected from the fifth grade class.  The May King and May [...]

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  For Mom

  BY:Dr. Brent

  Many of you know that I used to work with Martha Stewart.  During the time that I was at the company, I heard Martha recite a poem by US Poet Laureate Billy Collins on three different occasions.   Each and every time, she choked up a little…and I did, too. THE LANYARD by Billy Collins The [...]

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  Are We There Yet?

  BY:Dr. Brent

  We always use our time wisely on the train “to and from” the farm.  We were each wrapped up in our computers when we heard the sudden exclamation, “Wow, I haven’t seen you guys in years!” We both looked upward to see an acquaintance from the past.  It had been a decade since we had [...]

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  Hot Young Farmers

  BY:Dr. Brent

  Josh is pretty handy with the pitchfork, but he is even more gifted with the pen.    In a note he wrote sometime around the beginning of my fourth decade, he succinctly summed why crossing that threshold can be so psychologically challenging. “At the age of 30,” he wrote, “you suddenly start to realize that the [...]

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  Grey Gardens

  BY:Dr. Brent

  Spring cleaning, both indoors and out, was briefly interrupted by an impromptu hunt for wild ramps. The odyssey was led by our friend Bob Sutherland who is in the Department of Horticulture at the State University of New York.  Read more about the treasure hunt here.    What until you see what delicious recipe we come [...]

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  Letters from Home

  BY:Dr. Brent

  Inspiration from readers

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  Pardon Me

  BY:Dr. Brent

  Thanksgiving at Beekman 1802

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