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Oct
1
2010

Festivals, Battles, and Brownies

Pennypack Farm is having a fall festival on Saturday, October 2.  Lots food and fun.  All proceeds are going toward a new tractor to help cultivate some new fields. We are not able to attend — my son Alex will be fighting the British at the Battle of Germantown. He did, however, bake some awesome [...]

Oct
4
2009

A Mother’s Devotion

What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than helping your son prepare cartridges for the afternoon reenactment of the Battle of Germantown?

Sep
29
2009

Rhubarb Traditions

Homemade rhubarb pie! It won’t win any beauty contests, but it’s my breakfast and I’m proud of it. I grew up with rhubarb. It flourished on the edge of the family truck patch on the old farm in York County. The story goes – as I remember it from my uncle Bernard – that his [...]