Have you started your holiday shopping yet? This weekend’s Christmas in Essex Village will offer the perfect opportunity to simultaneously show your love to family, friends and local businesses. And to jump start your Holiday spirit I’m passing along an inspiring (and inspired) Letter to the Editor that appeared in a recent Valley News. This [...]
Foraging from Nature to Enhance Your Rustic Cabin Decor
November 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“Now is the perfect time to enhance your rustic cabin decor and vintage style with natural elements you can find in your own yard. Pink Pig’s apothecary jars, mason jars and other vintage vessels are perfect receptacles for simple arrangements that make a bold statement. Grab your clippers and a basket and stroll through your garden [...]
Christmas in Essex Village
November 28, 2011 by 3 Comments
Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus, caroling by the Willsboro Central School Music Department, a cookie-baking contest and a Reindeer Run are some of the many events planned for this year’s Christmas in Essex Village, which is set for Friday, Dec. 2, through Dec. 4. A tree-lighting ceremony and carols will kick off the celebration [...]
Full and By Farm: Preparing for Winter
November 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Sorry this is so belated, I lost power mid-way through the second paragraph and only recently have had it restored. We were quite surprised early this morning to open the door to Silka, our loving barn cat who wants nothing more in life than to be an indoor cat, sitting on a door stoop piled [...]
The Peppermint Pig
November 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Peppermint Pig – A Holiday Tradition in the North Country “This “Peppermint Pig™ as aptly it was named, was cast of hard candy similar in fashion to candy cane and festive pink in colour. And while the pig is honored in Victorian holiday tradition as a symbol of good health, happiness and prosperity, these [...]
SPEAQ!
November 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“Are you concerned about my spelling? I do have a background as an English teacher, and I also have spell check, so what in the world could this title mean? SPEAQ is the acronym for the group of English teachers in the Quebec province and, this past weekend, SPEAQ had its annual meeting. Pok-O-MacCready Camps’ [...]
Decorative Pillows Give Rooms a Homey Flair
November 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“Have you finished decorating your living room, den or bedroom, but it still seems like something is missing because it doesn’t have quite the homey look that you imagined? Unique decorative pillows can add just the touch you are looking for, whether floral, ruffled, burlap, French Country, grain sack or primitive pillows. [The Pink Pig [...]
Full and By Farm: Fresh Thanksgiving Ingredients
November 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
With all of the spring like weather it is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is coming up. Since the holiday falls on a Thursday we’re moving pick-up to WEDNESDAY night next week–same time, same place. You can’t find a better farm holiday than Thanksgiving, an entire day devoted to sustaining oneself on northern, winter-time foods. [...]
Green is Gold
November 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“Living in the Adirondacks is like no other place on earth. We are an experiment playing out on the world stage. The balancing act is between wilderness/habitat and people/economics. Though this contest is played out on every inch of the globe, no other place has constitutional protection in place. To wit: “The lands of the state, [...]
Poetries of Place
November 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Whallonsburg Grange presents “Poetries of Place” on Friday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $5.00; half price for students. There will be readings by Elaine Sexton and Roger Mitchell and conversation with landscape painter Edward Cornell. Everyone lives somewhere, but everyone travels, moves, dreams of both, resists both. Roger Mitchell and Elaine Sexton, poets who call New York “home,” will read [...]
