In addition to a Special Menu Saturday Night (the 18th) - food starts anywhere after 6pm - There's going to be One Humdinger of a SHOW. Even though the Billboard says "Dola and Company", it won't be the same 'ol Company. The Fahey Sisters from Dedham are expected (I don't expect them to be in that Frankenstein get-up they were in at the Comins Hall Talent Show a while back), Clarence Landrey from Whalen, MA (he's performed in Las Vegas) and who knows what the "late crowd" might turn out to be.
The menu is all Tex-Mex - I've reprinted it below. Seriously doubt anyone will go away less than stuffed.
Clewley Farm Restaurant
999 Main Road
Eddington , Maine 04428
207-843-7446
www.clewleyfarm.com
www.clewleyfarm.blogspot.com
Come join us Saturday July 18th 7p.m to 11 p.m.
for music with Dola & Friends
and a Tex Mex Buffet!
Buffet Items will include: Tacitos
(Shredded beef wrapped in a corn tortilla and deep fried
topped with guacamole, sour cream and salsa.)
Chicken Enchiladas
(Diced chicken with shredded cheese wrapped in a
corn tortilla and simmered in an enchilada sauce.)
Asado
(A Pork roast seared and slowly simmered in the oven
smothered in a homemade chili sauce.)
Beef Tacos and Beef & Bean Burritos
(A Mexican meal staple.)
Chicken Tortilla Casserole
(Diced chicken, shredded cheese, corn tortillas, green chili and taco sauce baked to perfection.)
Spanish Rice & Refried Pinto Beans - and - Salad Bar
Barbeque Ribs & Barbeque Chicken
Desserts will be - Empanadas, Sopapillas (Deep fried flour tortillas with cinnamon and sugar) served with Vanilla Ice cream, Key Lime Tarts
Cost of Buffet is $12.95 per person - Alcoholic Beverages at an additional cost.
Nobody can beat those prices - especially with the entertainment included.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
More HAPPENINGS Around the Area
I trust you all received the First issue of the Eddington Newsletter. They were in the mail on Monday, July 6. People receiving mail at the Eddington Post Office had the Newsletter the following day. (Thanks, Ron.) Interesting tidbits on Hunting Seasons.
I'm told the plan is to have quarterly issues so maybe we'll see columns from the Fire Chief and something from the Planning Board in the next issue. I did find it interesting to read that "municipal officers are not required by statute (my emphasis) to post an agenda or keep minutes of the meetings." Well then, perhaps we need to pass such a statute locally at the Next Town Meeting (March of 2010) because the right thing for any elected representative body of the people, by the people and for the people (to quote Abraham Lincoln) is to keep The People informed of what their elected government is doing.
After all, it is We, The People who elected those municipal officers to those seats of representation in the first place and those municipal officers do work for us. I expect any one of us who ever ran a company or had a supervisory position expected to be kept informed of what our employees were doing. Same principle in my book. And the "payment" is not the fee the municipal officers receive, it is the power and authority granted by the votes of the people, albeit very few votes in this town. Without knowledge of the business being conducted in our name (and for which we pay via our taxes whether or not we vote - or are allowed to vote - aka the people who own summer residences but are not Eddington residents) there is no accountability. Just one more reason why people need to attend and listen to the business conducted at Selectmen meetings, Planning Board meetings, and School Board meetings, and why the agendas of those meetings should be published in advance. That way anyone interested in hearing how the business of the agenda items is conducted can speak to the issues, even if only in the allocated Public Access portion of the meetings. You don't suppose that's why the agendas aren't published in advance, do you - so that no one will show up to speak (even in their allocated slots at the very beginning or the very end of the meeting but never spontaneously during the discussion of a particular agenda item).
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Karen Clark is interested in forming a Book Club in the Eddington-Clifton area. She is creating a Survey Form that will be available in various locations. People can fill out the form where the forms are available and leave the completed forms in a specially designated box for collection.
Members of the Book Club will decide on the format of the club - whether everyone will read the same book and then gather to discuss it at a group gathering (time and place to be determined by the members), and then proceed to the next book, etc. - or - for different books to be read by the members simultaneously and then discussed in the group (perhaps with a synopsis and recommendation).
Survey forms will be available at Clewley Farm Restaurant and other locations to be announced within the next two weeks.
I'm told the plan is to have quarterly issues so maybe we'll see columns from the Fire Chief and something from the Planning Board in the next issue. I did find it interesting to read that "municipal officers are not required by statute (my emphasis) to post an agenda or keep minutes of the meetings." Well then, perhaps we need to pass such a statute locally at the Next Town Meeting (March of 2010) because the right thing for any elected representative body of the people, by the people and for the people (to quote Abraham Lincoln) is to keep The People informed of what their elected government is doing.
After all, it is We, The People who elected those municipal officers to those seats of representation in the first place and those municipal officers do work for us. I expect any one of us who ever ran a company or had a supervisory position expected to be kept informed of what our employees were doing. Same principle in my book. And the "payment" is not the fee the municipal officers receive, it is the power and authority granted by the votes of the people, albeit very few votes in this town. Without knowledge of the business being conducted in our name (and for which we pay via our taxes whether or not we vote - or are allowed to vote - aka the people who own summer residences but are not Eddington residents) there is no accountability. Just one more reason why people need to attend and listen to the business conducted at Selectmen meetings, Planning Board meetings, and School Board meetings, and why the agendas of those meetings should be published in advance. That way anyone interested in hearing how the business of the agenda items is conducted can speak to the issues, even if only in the allocated Public Access portion of the meetings. You don't suppose that's why the agendas aren't published in advance, do you - so that no one will show up to speak (even in their allocated slots at the very beginning or the very end of the meeting but never spontaneously during the discussion of a particular agenda item).
*******
Karen Clark is interested in forming a Book Club in the Eddington-Clifton area. She is creating a Survey Form that will be available in various locations. People can fill out the form where the forms are available and leave the completed forms in a specially designated box for collection.
Members of the Book Club will decide on the format of the club - whether everyone will read the same book and then gather to discuss it at a group gathering (time and place to be determined by the members), and then proceed to the next book, etc. - or - for different books to be read by the members simultaneously and then discussed in the group (perhaps with a synopsis and recommendation).
Survey forms will be available at Clewley Farm Restaurant and other locations to be announced within the next two weeks.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
SUN Days coming up - Get Busy
OK - According to the weathermen on ALL channels, we're about to have a few days of sunshine. Hooray! Maybe some of the lawns and gardens will dry out (a bit). I even met people over at Lowe's buying Garden Soil to put in their gardens because they needed to pile up dirt on their planted potatoes and all they had was MUD. (Dig a hole and discover well water. Don't you just love it!) Therefore, put on your gardening gloves, boots, and whatever and get out there and make use of whatever we have and get those projects done.
Friday night at Clewleys there will be (as long as they last) those marvelous coconut crusted shrimp with the orange marmalade dipping sauce, baked potatoes and asparagus - right after the pizza during the "Happy Hour" from 4pm-6pm up in the bar.
Saturday Night, the 18th - will be Tex-Mex Night at Clewley's. Dress accordingly (if you choose - but who among us doesn't have a pair of boots, at least) and come listen to Dola and Company while we get to chow down on some Western Fare - hopefully something BBQed. Food is usually ready by 6pm and the show starts at 7pm
Don't Forget the Farmer's Market on Sunday from 10AM to 1PM. I'm told the buyer traffic was steady last Sunday (the opening week) right up until the last 20 minutes when the big accident down at the Tradewinds showed an impact (no pun intended). All the same vendors will be returning - and who knows... maybe they'll be bringing along one or two more. I was so impressed with the lettuce and greens (how that woman grew items so large in this weather I'll never know). But I need a few more hostas for another garden area I'm planting next to the new walkway (I'll never learn, but what's needed must be done, donchaknow). There will be some baked goods - cookies, maybe bread, a cake or two... Just in time for Sunday dinner or supper, perhaps.
In the meantime - I watched five - 5! - male loons swim by yesterday afternoon - their heads periodically dipping down in the water checking for fish as they glided by on their way to the cove. And a hummingbird flew outside the office window - looking in - as though to remind me to change the water in her feeder. It's been there for over a week and with all this rain the hummingbirds haven't been around. So now the water is probably bad because of the sugar.
Therefore, time to sign-off for today. The sun is coming out and the water is like a mirror. The fog is gone and work outside can be done. Besides, I only have a bit over a week before family from the west coast arrives and you can only imagine what that means - excitement and CLEANING!
Friday night at Clewleys there will be (as long as they last) those marvelous coconut crusted shrimp with the orange marmalade dipping sauce, baked potatoes and asparagus - right after the pizza during the "Happy Hour" from 4pm-6pm up in the bar.
Saturday Night, the 18th - will be Tex-Mex Night at Clewley's. Dress accordingly (if you choose - but who among us doesn't have a pair of boots, at least) and come listen to Dola and Company while we get to chow down on some Western Fare - hopefully something BBQed. Food is usually ready by 6pm and the show starts at 7pm
Don't Forget the Farmer's Market on Sunday from 10AM to 1PM. I'm told the buyer traffic was steady last Sunday (the opening week) right up until the last 20 minutes when the big accident down at the Tradewinds showed an impact (no pun intended). All the same vendors will be returning - and who knows... maybe they'll be bringing along one or two more. I was so impressed with the lettuce and greens (how that woman grew items so large in this weather I'll never know). But I need a few more hostas for another garden area I'm planting next to the new walkway (I'll never learn, but what's needed must be done, donchaknow). There will be some baked goods - cookies, maybe bread, a cake or two... Just in time for Sunday dinner or supper, perhaps.
In the meantime - I watched five - 5! - male loons swim by yesterday afternoon - their heads periodically dipping down in the water checking for fish as they glided by on their way to the cove. And a hummingbird flew outside the office window - looking in - as though to remind me to change the water in her feeder. It's been there for over a week and with all this rain the hummingbirds haven't been around. So now the water is probably bad because of the sugar.
Therefore, time to sign-off for today. The sun is coming out and the water is like a mirror. The fog is gone and work outside can be done. Besides, I only have a bit over a week before family from the west coast arrives and you can only imagine what that means - excitement and CLEANING!
Monday, July 6, 2009
It was DEFINITELY a Full Weekend
I hope all of you had a glorious 4th of July. Around here it was filled with activities - some of which were certainly unplanned, to say the least.
Friday, members of my family traveled to Stonington to lay my late sister-in-law's ashes to rest in the private cemetery created on her family's estate there. It has been just over a year since her unexpected loss - seems much less - and the immediate family was gathered from England and Massachusetts and those of us who are right here from Stonington and Eddington. Thank goodness for my gardens where I still talk to her all the time.
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Saturday, with the help of two good friends, the stone walkway FINALLY got put together at the foot of my back steps. You have no idea the challenge of using a two-step step stool getting up to the back porch at mid-point from a semi-lawn in pouring rain. And we will not discuss unloading groceries when there is nothing but a dirt/mud hole where there used to be a trail of rug runners for the last two-plus years (all seasons) to avoid the mud/snow getting from the driveway to the porch's back steps. So, for the past month, I have walked to the back porch (unscreened) and deposited the grocery bags on the floor, pushing them as far away from the overhang dripping until deciding to "mount the stool" and step over the bags, trying not to step on the milk or bread...
Try shoveling snow that has fallen on top of rugs. Frozen rugs, thank you. And the thrill of watching the snow plow clipping the edge of one of said rugs. I've had two winters of that. THIS was the year for a decent walkway, I assure you. Am I happy to see the solid surfaced walkway? Oh yes. Not too large - just about 12 feet deep and maybe 5 feet wide (enough to shovel so that the heating oil man can get to the connection near the steps) and stopping before the magic spot where my brother knows not to pass with the snow plow blade) - but no more mud - I think... if this rain ever stops! But the travails of getting the area dug out, getting the materials (knowing who to call and then getting the calls answered, etc.) You have such a project? I can now tell you who to call - and not to call.
There was just enough time once we'd finished to collapse for 40 minutes, take a shower, and then off to Clewley's Restaurant - rain and all - for one of the best meals I've had since returning to Maine. The appetizers were better than anything I've had at the Muddy Rudder, Thistles or that high priced Italian restaurant across from the old court house. Since I'd rather have scallops than lobster I had to taste the scallops with pesto and the creamy sauce (so tender and perfect - PERFECT). The coconut crusted shrimp with an orange-something dipping sauce were YUMMY. And the al dente cooked asparagus wrapped in prosciutto with mozzarella - DELICIOUS. And then the cook sent out a complementary cup of the corn chowder - delicate - with small pieces of potato and slivers of roasted red bell pepper. With the rain (pouring outside our Garden Room windows) the soup was warming. I could picture the corn chowder as a perfect lunch with hot rolls, a small salad and a glass of white wine.
We all chose different entrees but I think the best choice (at our table) was the grilled, boneless pork loin on a bed of spicy (Oh YES!) eggplant (that didn't look or taste like eggplant). The presentation was perfect and as long as one took care with how much of the spicy eggplant one put on the piece of meat, you only needed to consume a limited amount of water. :-)
I would have liked to try the filet mignon stuffed with crab meat but I'm not too big a fan of crab meat, so I selected the Chicken Francaise (I do love lemon butter and capers). In truth, there was so much on the special menu (and the fresh green bean were too good not to eat down to the bare plate) that none of us got to the salad bar.
For those who missed the Chef Judi special evening, you really missed an exceptional menu. Now it's back to Cheeseburgers. :-] (Maybe we should try to get Bob & Lonnie to try for just another Appetizers Only Evening. I could make an entire meal on two or three of them alone.)
*****
Sunday's Farmer's Market got off to a good beginning. I loved seeing a woman there selling garden perennials (hostas, too) and her prices are better than any of the local big stores. I did see vendors with fresh lettuce and greens, soaps, cheese and baked goods - before I got called away by family putting in the dock at my house. Of course the three-vehicle accident at Tradewinds didn't helps with traffic at the Farmer's Market.
We're glad that of the five people transported via ambulance for medical attention, none were in critical shape. And there was our local hero, Deputy Richard Harburger, on WABI's 6:30pm news. But we'd rather have the traffic at the Town Office for the Farmer's Market - which will be there every Sunday from 10-1.
*****
The SUN today was great. I'm having to weed whack my lawn at the moment because all this rain has made the loam and new seeded grass just too muddy for a ride-on lawn mower. For all the holes I was filling in (caused by the removal of boulders which the lawn mower did not appreciate!), I now have large "indentations" that look like Big Foot was here - right where certain family members walked while arranging the dock for forward motion into the water. Some times there are more challenges than situations allow..... :-(
Friday, members of my family traveled to Stonington to lay my late sister-in-law's ashes to rest in the private cemetery created on her family's estate there. It has been just over a year since her unexpected loss - seems much less - and the immediate family was gathered from England and Massachusetts and those of us who are right here from Stonington and Eddington. Thank goodness for my gardens where I still talk to her all the time.
******
Saturday, with the help of two good friends, the stone walkway FINALLY got put together at the foot of my back steps. You have no idea the challenge of using a two-step step stool getting up to the back porch at mid-point from a semi-lawn in pouring rain. And we will not discuss unloading groceries when there is nothing but a dirt/mud hole where there used to be a trail of rug runners for the last two-plus years (all seasons) to avoid the mud/snow getting from the driveway to the porch's back steps. So, for the past month, I have walked to the back porch (unscreened) and deposited the grocery bags on the floor, pushing them as far away from the overhang dripping until deciding to "mount the stool" and step over the bags, trying not to step on the milk or bread...
Try shoveling snow that has fallen on top of rugs. Frozen rugs, thank you. And the thrill of watching the snow plow clipping the edge of one of said rugs. I've had two winters of that. THIS was the year for a decent walkway, I assure you. Am I happy to see the solid surfaced walkway? Oh yes. Not too large - just about 12 feet deep and maybe 5 feet wide (enough to shovel so that the heating oil man can get to the connection near the steps) and stopping before the magic spot where my brother knows not to pass with the snow plow blade) - but no more mud - I think... if this rain ever stops! But the travails of getting the area dug out, getting the materials (knowing who to call and then getting the calls answered, etc.) You have such a project? I can now tell you who to call - and not to call.
There was just enough time once we'd finished to collapse for 40 minutes, take a shower, and then off to Clewley's Restaurant - rain and all - for one of the best meals I've had since returning to Maine. The appetizers were better than anything I've had at the Muddy Rudder, Thistles or that high priced Italian restaurant across from the old court house. Since I'd rather have scallops than lobster I had to taste the scallops with pesto and the creamy sauce (so tender and perfect - PERFECT). The coconut crusted shrimp with an orange-something dipping sauce were YUMMY. And the al dente cooked asparagus wrapped in prosciutto with mozzarella - DELICIOUS. And then the cook sent out a complementary cup of the corn chowder - delicate - with small pieces of potato and slivers of roasted red bell pepper. With the rain (pouring outside our Garden Room windows) the soup was warming. I could picture the corn chowder as a perfect lunch with hot rolls, a small salad and a glass of white wine.
We all chose different entrees but I think the best choice (at our table) was the grilled, boneless pork loin on a bed of spicy (Oh YES!) eggplant (that didn't look or taste like eggplant). The presentation was perfect and as long as one took care with how much of the spicy eggplant one put on the piece of meat, you only needed to consume a limited amount of water. :-)
I would have liked to try the filet mignon stuffed with crab meat but I'm not too big a fan of crab meat, so I selected the Chicken Francaise (I do love lemon butter and capers). In truth, there was so much on the special menu (and the fresh green bean were too good not to eat down to the bare plate) that none of us got to the salad bar.
For those who missed the Chef Judi special evening, you really missed an exceptional menu. Now it's back to Cheeseburgers. :-] (Maybe we should try to get Bob & Lonnie to try for just another Appetizers Only Evening. I could make an entire meal on two or three of them alone.)
*****
Sunday's Farmer's Market got off to a good beginning. I loved seeing a woman there selling garden perennials (hostas, too) and her prices are better than any of the local big stores. I did see vendors with fresh lettuce and greens, soaps, cheese and baked goods - before I got called away by family putting in the dock at my house. Of course the three-vehicle accident at Tradewinds didn't helps with traffic at the Farmer's Market.
We're glad that of the five people transported via ambulance for medical attention, none were in critical shape. And there was our local hero, Deputy Richard Harburger, on WABI's 6:30pm news. But we'd rather have the traffic at the Town Office for the Farmer's Market - which will be there every Sunday from 10-1.
*****
The SUN today was great. I'm having to weed whack my lawn at the moment because all this rain has made the loam and new seeded grass just too muddy for a ride-on lawn mower. For all the holes I was filling in (caused by the removal of boulders which the lawn mower did not appreciate!), I now have large "indentations" that look like Big Foot was here - right where certain family members walked while arranging the dock for forward motion into the water. Some times there are more challenges than situations allow..... :-(
Friday, July 3, 2009
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776.....
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.....
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. - Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
{There followes 27 points of Complaint. Can anyone identify them? You can write them in the Comments Section if you can.}
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce to the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies of War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent State, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. - And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
{Signed by the following:}
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch., Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. - Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
{There followes 27 points of Complaint. Can anyone identify them? You can write them in the Comments Section if you can.}
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce to the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies of War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent State, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. - And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
{Signed by the following:}
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch., Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
Thursday, July 2, 2009
SHOW TIME FRIDAY NIGHT AT CLEWLEY'S
There will be a new singer Friday night at the Clewley Farm Restaurant. B.J. Snowden will be performing - one night only - with the show starting at 7pm. B.J. has performed in Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Portsmouth, N.J.; Cambridge, MA; and throughout Europe. I listened to a sampling of her songs on her website (www.myspace.com/bjsnowden) . I think I'd describe her style as a bit of soul/blues/soft rock. You take a listen - or better yet - come see for yourself and make up your own mind.
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Well, the weather certainly hasn't been sunny but it's a lot better than that "R" stuff. Projections are for SUN on SUNday - just in time for the Farmer's Market. Now - if we can just keep that pretty weather around for weeks and weeks and weeks. Don't care if I don't see another rain drop for two months (or more) to tell the truth. All the gardens are yucky (technical term, there). Good thing I planted shade plants - but even they are having problems with soggy roots. The poor peonies just hung their heads and dropped their petals in despair. I have gorgeous lilies ready to bloom but I fear they will break off if weighted down with any rain storms. Forget any "R" dances - does anyone know a ditty for blue skies and sunny weather in the low 80s? If so, gather a crowd and take over Route 9!
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Spotted a small sailboat out on the water late yesterday afternoon. What a lovely sight. One would almost think it was summer.
And there certainly have been a lot of crows overhead lately - probably know tomorrow is trash collection day. Prime picking opportunity for trash not in the heavy duty black trash bags. Those crows just sit there and pick right through the thinner, white bags - leaving trash and garbage all over the roadside. Especially on Stoney Ridge Road. What a mess!
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Well, the weather certainly hasn't been sunny but it's a lot better than that "R" stuff. Projections are for SUN on SUNday - just in time for the Farmer's Market. Now - if we can just keep that pretty weather around for weeks and weeks and weeks. Don't care if I don't see another rain drop for two months (or more) to tell the truth. All the gardens are yucky (technical term, there). Good thing I planted shade plants - but even they are having problems with soggy roots. The poor peonies just hung their heads and dropped their petals in despair. I have gorgeous lilies ready to bloom but I fear they will break off if weighted down with any rain storms. Forget any "R" dances - does anyone know a ditty for blue skies and sunny weather in the low 80s? If so, gather a crowd and take over Route 9!
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Spotted a small sailboat out on the water late yesterday afternoon. What a lovely sight. One would almost think it was summer.
And there certainly have been a lot of crows overhead lately - probably know tomorrow is trash collection day. Prime picking opportunity for trash not in the heavy duty black trash bags. Those crows just sit there and pick right through the thinner, white bags - leaving trash and garbage all over the roadside. Especially on Stoney Ridge Road. What a mess!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
ON SUNDAY - WATCH FOR THE SIGNS
Remember the OPENING DAY of the Eddington FARMER'S MARKET - this coming Sunday, July 5 - from 10AM to 1PM. The parking lot in front of the Eddington Town Office is the place.
There will be large signs along Route 9 from Highway 46 and the Bradley Road for cars to follow - but everyone needs only to head to the Town Office. Parking spaces will be clearly allocated to protect the foot traffic.
SHOP FOR locally made cheese, soap, yogurt; fresh vegetables; fresh baked goods and more. The early shoppers will be the best shoppers because once the items are gone, there'll be no more until the following Sunday.
The FARMER'S MARKET will be conducted on SUNDAYS ONLY - from July 5 through September 27.
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Reservations are pouring in for the Gourmet Dinner on Saturday, the 4th of July at Clewley Farm Restaurant being prepared by Chef Judi. Just the appetizers alone make this writer's mouth water: Coconut crusted shrimp, Asparagus wrapped in prosciutto (a spicy Italian ham), Stuffed mushrooms are just a few- all elegantly prepared... and the Entrees: Filet Mignon, Poached fresh Atlantic Salmon, Chicken Francaise, Pork Loin - all with special sauces... (and, of course, the ever present Cheeseburger)... and the Deserts....Cheesecake, German Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Cake, and the magnificent Sugar Maple Creamery Ice Cream flavors. Trust me - No One can go wrong in making Clewley Farm Restaurant the place to go for dinner this coming Saturday Night (IF you can get in! )
But wherever you happen to spend this Holiday Weekend - I hope you have a wonderful, safe, and Happy Fourth, remembering what we celebrate... the Birth of our Country... the valour of the Founding Fathers and Mothers who wrote and sacrificed for those words which are our Foundation ... "We, The People..."
There will be large signs along Route 9 from Highway 46 and the Bradley Road for cars to follow - but everyone needs only to head to the Town Office. Parking spaces will be clearly allocated to protect the foot traffic.
SHOP FOR locally made cheese, soap, yogurt; fresh vegetables; fresh baked goods and more. The early shoppers will be the best shoppers because once the items are gone, there'll be no more until the following Sunday.
The FARMER'S MARKET will be conducted on SUNDAYS ONLY - from July 5 through September 27.
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Reservations are pouring in for the Gourmet Dinner on Saturday, the 4th of July at Clewley Farm Restaurant being prepared by Chef Judi. Just the appetizers alone make this writer's mouth water: Coconut crusted shrimp, Asparagus wrapped in prosciutto (a spicy Italian ham), Stuffed mushrooms are just a few- all elegantly prepared... and the Entrees: Filet Mignon, Poached fresh Atlantic Salmon, Chicken Francaise, Pork Loin - all with special sauces... (and, of course, the ever present Cheeseburger)... and the Deserts....Cheesecake, German Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Cake, and the magnificent Sugar Maple Creamery Ice Cream flavors. Trust me - No One can go wrong in making Clewley Farm Restaurant the place to go for dinner this coming Saturday Night (IF you can get in! )
But wherever you happen to spend this Holiday Weekend - I hope you have a wonderful, safe, and Happy Fourth, remembering what we celebrate... the Birth of our Country... the valour of the Founding Fathers and Mothers who wrote and sacrificed for those words which are our Foundation ... "We, The People..."
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