Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here. I pray today finds you doing well and in good health. I have heard many discussions on the news and from telephone conversations with coworkers and family that changes are coming soon as to who can go out into the wide world. I hope the powers that be are making […]
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Cabin Fever Setting In Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice checking in and praying you are well. As our enforced time at home continues, I find my patience is getting thin. There is an old verse that goes “Patience is a virtue, find it if you can, seldom in a woman and never in a man.” I
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Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here. I am praying everyone is doing well during these hard times we are currently going through. It can be scary, but I hope you are keeping your spirits up. Over the years, the population of Earth has survived many pandemics and mass illnesses such as Smallpox. Rapid Response During 1947
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Keeping Safe at Home Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here and sending a special greeting out hoping you are all doing well. I am a member of the “older” demographic that is especially susceptible to this new-fangled germ that is currently in our midst. I will begin working from home after today. I will be sad
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Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here. Saturday March 7th will begin Daylight Savings Time (technically it is really Sunday March 8th at 2:00 in the morning, but that has always seemed like it is still Saturday night to me!!). According to CNN – There’s an age-old myth that Daylight Saving was a practice adopted to give
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The Origins of Leap Year Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here. February 2020 is a leap year. According to Chiff.com – A leap year is any year with 366 days instead of the usual 365 days. Therefore, leap day in 2020 will fall on Saturday, February 29th. So…why the extra day? It was the ancient Egyptians
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Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here today with some information on groundhogs, otherwise known as woodchucks. With Groundhog Day just around the corner I want to share some facts about the largest member of the ground squirrel family. Physical Characteristics It may surprise you to know that a groundhog can grow to 24 inches and weigh
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Evaluating This Past Year, Planning the Next Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here. Our final fundraising event of the year, Old Time Christmas is over and it was as heartwarming as ever. Here at Quiet Valley, we are in the midst of the only truly quiet time we have on the farm. At least for two
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Hello Folks, Aunt Eunice here. My favorite event of the Quiet Valley year has begun. If you missed the opening weekend of our Old Time Christmas, fear not, as there is one more weekend. This Saturday December 14 and Sunday December 15 are the final two days. This fundraiser showcases Christmas in the 1800s. Guides
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A Chance to Reflect on the Good Things Hello, Folks, Aunt Eunice here. Halfway through November means Thanksgiving is on the horizon. As I make plans for the holiday, I can’t help but take some time to think back over the past year. I look at the good, the bad and the ugly and then
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