Avant-soul piano diva Kristi Martel stayed with us Solar Fest weekend.

"A fine musician...incomparable!" says Utah Phillips.

Kristi was a finalist for the Solar Fest Song of the Year. Allthough she did not win the contest , her sweet singing and wonderful songs need to be heard by you.

"Kristi Martel loves life, and the joy she gets out of it exudes from her every pore."
Motif Magazine

Vist her at: www.kmartel.net or www.cababy.com/allsealedlips or
www.sonicbids.com/kristimartel

or e-mail: booking@kmartel.net

Come again, Kristi!

New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Asociation President Laura Richardson and Gil Richardson staying with us at the Birdhouse Inn and at their exhibit at Solar Fest.

Our friends from the Fair Haven Congregational Church, Vermont!

The first of two weddings we attended on this day:

At the East Poultney Baptist Church--

Linda and Dick, childhood friends, were reunited thorugh mutual friends, and got married on the East Poultney Green's church.

Best wishes, neighbors.

Reception at the beautiful Twin Mountain Farm B&B in Middletown Springs.

Stopped by briefly, then on to Milford!

Two wonderful pimms fellows and Bridgeport teachers, Jorge Pezo and Betsey celebrated their wedding recently. Since this was our second wedding to attend on the same day, we missed the ceremony, but made it to the reception in Milford, CT.

For Jorge I would go anywhere to be with him on his special day!

Even though Jorge is an administrator at Harding HS, he is still a pimms mathematics teacher first!

How do you like the Three Amigos, B, Jorge and Jorge, Jr?

Best wishes for a long a wonderful life togetherBetsey and Jorge!

Tom from Toronto aand the Canadian Bike Tours stayed with us to check out the local bike routes. He has a series of good bike paths for all levels of ability all around the Slate Valley.

Tinmouth Writers Conference attendee Elizabeth Lewis stayed with us last week. The artist from Putney came to Poultney and enjoyed her stay at the Birdhouse Inn despite the oppresive heat.

For this breakfast we made buckwheat crepes filled with fresh picked blueberries, along with fresh fruits, yogurt, and Green Mountain coffee.

We hope to see you again soon, Elizabeth.

Artist and "consultant" Andrew Orr helping us with hanging his beautiful painting on porcelain with an iris design.

It's gorgeous!

East Poultney's Museums...come and visit!

Lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

News from the chicks...they are growing!

Lovely!

Sunday evening concerts on the East Poultney Green.

Thanks to the Poultney-Granville Community Band.

A totally vegetarian dinner to "honor" the people of the Middle East:

from the Mideast--

we made...

Syrian tabouleh,
Lebanese hummus,
Hezzbollah home-made pita, (not too difficult),
Israeli cous-cous with chick peas and vegetables (made in Israel, the package says),
AND Cocoleezza Rice Pilaf.

and Pam made a "Piece for All" fruit tart! Wow!!!

From the Rudoph Steiner Institute at Green Mountain College: our guests--Don, Lynn and Sarah.


On truthfulness:
"When we as human beings confront a simple fact, we can rigorously attempt to form a mental picture that exactly corresponds to this fact. This mental picture is then true. Or, we can-whether due to inexactness, lassitude, or even an aversion to truth, that is, out of falseness-form a mental picture that is not connected with the fact, that does not fit the fact…. If we want to develop inner truthfulness, we must never go further than facts of the outer world speak to us. And we must, strictly speaking, attempt to formulate our words in such a way that we only confirm the facts of the outer sensory world…. When we feel an obligation to test the things we say and to find the boundaries within which what we say has validity, then we are contributing to a real inner consolidation of our human feeling for existence."

Rudolf Steiner, lectures from Jan 19 and 20, 1923; German Bibl. Nr: 220; translation CH

Parade II.

The Fourth of July Parade, beginning in East Poultney!

As viewed from the Isherwood Mansion!!!

Dismas House cooking with our new friends.

Thanks to Florence Jones for making dee-lish-shush cole lslaw to go along withour BBQ chicken and ribs with wonderful grilled squash donated by Boardman Hill Farm. Rice pilaf was our side dish.

Karen's made calapacitas and we finished with her blueberry compote with vanilla ice cream top a very fine meal.

We'll be back!

Thanks to Valerie for giving us the opportunity to do this meal. And Tom for his help.

Hiking White Rocks Park in the Green Mountain National Forest.

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As lovely as ever!

Who are those beauties???

Mt. Independence State Park, across Lake Champlain from Ft. Ticonderoga. A key post in the Revolutionary War...