Barbara Martin Pennsylvania USA here
This week I am writing about home. If you need help to imagine my little brick house on the edge of the woods, perched on a south facing slope and looking out over what I fondly call meadow, then take a look at our tour If not, just imagine all ... [... more]
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Tim Stark
TIM STARK is the proprietor of Eckerton Hill Farm in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania. His writing has appeared on National Public Radio as well as in Gourmet, Condé Nast Traveler, Washington Post, Missouri Review, Alimentum, and Organic Gardening. ... [... more]
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Jack Perkowski
JACK PERKOWSKI was a working-class kid from western Pennsylvania who got a football scholarship to Yale and went on to a successful career as an investment banker for Paine Webber. After twenty years on Wall Street, he asked himself whether he ... [... more]
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Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth
 Pennsylvania History Presented in Fine Fashion: A much needed history book concerning Pennsylvania has finally been published, and that book is "Pennsylvania", edited by Randall Miller and William Pencak. This is one of the best state history [... more]
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The Ma & Pa: A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania ...
Enjoyed it as a kid, enjoyed it 33 years later.: Authoritative, well written, and just a little tongue in cheek. A leisurely read about a leisurely railroad. A piece of my childhood: I'm a little prejudiced about the subject since the little railroad [... more]
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Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning
Hex Signs:Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols & Their Meaning: "It is an excellent book on history of Pa.Dutch Hex Signs" Colorful and very informative! Good informitive review of the topic.: The authors take a pragmatic approach to the [... more]
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Lonely Planet New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania
LP is sliding: I was impressed with Lonely Planet's guide to Texas, so I bought this one for a trip to Pennsylvania. It covers the major stuff --- Philly, Pittsburgh, Gettysburg, Hershey, Lancaster --- but doesn't have much more than these major areas. I [... more]
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Sauerkraut Yankees: Pennsylvania German Food and Foodways
A Wonderful Read: If you are interested in German food or Pennsylvannia history, this book is for you. It focuses on the food of the Pennsylvannia Germans & how they adapted their own recipes from the old world to available ingredients in [... more]
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Fall Comes To the Cottage Garden
A few trees are turning in a half hearted way in this bone dry Pennsylvania fall. Our In a corner of the garden where the root competition is severe and the bedrock is closest to the surface, the Barbara, the turtle you unearthed in the compost ... [... more]
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NOAA Drought Site
Home » Plants & Animals » Cottage Garden » "Rain, Rain, Go Away ..." Our rain got up and went, to paraphrase that old ditty, and now we're real sorry we wanted to play. Pennsylvania declared a drought emergency this week, [... more]
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Gerald F. Seib
Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show how today's Washington power game really works, through stories of people who are making a difference on Pennsylvania Avenue, America's power street. These new power brokers, some of ... [... more]
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Ottawa Tulip Festival
Friends from Maryland, Pennsylvania and downstate rendezvoused with us for a reunion before we all departed for the tulip festival, great times and good food. Canadian soldiers helped liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War. In ... [... more]
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