• New Jersey to Derbyshire: friendly skies and fluffy cows

    New Jersey to Derbyshire: friendly skies and fluffy cows

    9-10 September 2025 Time to visit Mike’s mum again. For our fifth trip to England in three years we have planned just over a week in Glossop with family, then a night in the coastal city of Blackpool to see the much-touted Illuminations, then up to The Lake District for a few days of glamping Read more

  • Somerset County 4-H Fair:  Ellen’s working vacation

    Somerset County 4-H Fair: Ellen’s working vacation

    1-8 August 2025 I can’t keep calm it’s fair week. According to Dictionary.com the first recorded use of the word fair is just before the year 900, spelled faeger meaning “beautiful, attractive”. It appears in another use around the year 1300 spelled freire, meaning “religious festival, holiday”. Both these definitions describe my recent week volunteering Read more