Organizations
Maple Sugaring
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On the west side of town down a meandering dirt road is a maple sugaring operation run since 2000 by two men.
Farming/Nature
Woodpeckers and Strangers
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More often than not when I am at Stony Brook Park, I hear the red- bellied woodpecker calling. He is a common woodpecker in these parts, but that was not always the case.
Farming/Nature
Of Fungi and Friends
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These are melancholy days on the trail. The reptiles and amphibians have hibernated.
Farming/Nature
Reptile Reparations
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My mom grew up not far from here, and her early days flew by as she raced around the brook and crumbling mill in the hollow where she was born.
Churches
West Suffield Congregational To Get New Organ
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Prince once said that music holds things together and that quote can be seen in action at West Suffield Congregational Church.
Farming/Nature
In Praise of Darkness
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When you get to be my age a big topic of conversation seems to be sleep. No one is getting enough of it, everyone is seeking it out.
Farming/Nature
Cowbirds, The Neighborhood Shirkers
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When we were very young, my mom was big on recitation and definitely had her favorite books and children’s poems that she would perform for us.
Farming/Nature
In Praise of Grass
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The bobolink, a songbird, is one of the stars of these habitats. About the size of a sparrow, the male bobolink is mostly black with a striking top half of black and white and a yellow patch on the back of his neck resembling a pulled-down hood.