It’s official, autumn has arrived. The rain earlier this week was a blessing.
Garden report: The New England asters and autumn sedum have bloomed. I picked one red pepper, some lettuce and a few beans. Some tomatoes are waiting to turn red.
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Tim and Tina Atteridge of Amherst sent a postcard of a San Diego beach. They drove to Seattle, San Diego, Denver and Chicago. They wrote they had a wonderful, “travel-cation.”
Anna and Lad Nagurney sent a postcard of multiple images of Oxford, England where they experienced history in the making with Brexit. Anna is a visiting fellow at All Souls College at Oxford for the trinity term. So far they have enjoyed the festivities, architecture and gardens.
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Jeanne Esposito of South Amherst sent me a card reminding me that there will be a Red Cross blood drive Sept. 29 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the South Congregational Church. She is hosting the drive and said appointments help. Call 800-Red Cross. Thanks.
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Nancy Kaminski is sponsoring a bus trip to New York City, Oct. 1. The bus leaves Northampton at at 6:30 a.m. and leaves the city at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $46. Call her at 789-1809.
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Beth Goren of Amherst sent me an email about her trip to Sao Paolo, Brazil where she co-taught a Body Mind Centering training program for a month. She wrote that it was much chillier in Brazil than she expected. She had been there in the 1960s and ’70s. The house was not heated. The solution: take a hot shower, jump into bed and use a padded jacket to maintain body warmth.
