Stac’s Place

It was a good Thanksgiving Day at the Sublett House North.  My family is all here, and we spent a good day together.  I am fighting something, either a migraine or something similar.  Loud noises and busy-ness seem to make things worse.  But that’s the way it goes sometimes, right?  I had to grab a [...]

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With the fam in town (or at least my folks and MawMaw), we’ve decided to head out to the Amish country to do some sightseeing and raise our cultural awareness.  We’re all headed out to Belleville tomorrow, where we’ll drop by the Amish Auction Barn, stop at the mercantile, and sample some of the home [...]

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My family is headed to Happy Valley, so we’re busy making preparations.  I spent a good chunk of the day knocking things off the HoneyDo list, and Kim is up much later than usual, cleaning, doing laundry, and getting the kitchen ready for tomorrow’s marathon baking session.  We actually went out to the tree farm [...]

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Last year Levi decided that he wanted to join the time-honored tradition of Pennsylvania hunting.  He took (and aced, btw!) his Hunter Safety Education Class, and we started thinking about getting his set up with a rifle for the upcoming deer season.  The start of every season finds the men of our PA clan gathering [...]

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Nope, not the classic west coast burger joint (although it’s a good place to grab a burger)  I’m talking about our experience with the Immigration and Naturalization Services today in York, PA.  Kim and I left State College at 5:45 this morning.  It was a stunningly brisk morning–the stars looked like jewels in the clear, [...]

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I am sure you’re chomping at the bit to get to York, PA.  Turns out that there’s a plethora of attractions in the greater York area.  Did you know that it’s the Factory Tour Capitol of the World?  Yes, indeed.  It says so right there on the banner…
Kim and I are headed to York, PA [...]

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I told you about our new friends at Ugly Mug Coffee, right?  Connected with John (hi John!) at the Pittsburgh NYWC, Kim ordered the starter kit to raise some funds for our adoption.  The kit arrived last week, and Kim dove right into it.  We took the kit with us on our staff retreat, reading [...]

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You may not have heard of Punch Brothers.  Nope, they’re not distant cousins of Mario and Luigi, or super-pro rasslers…they’re a world-class folk/bluegrass/eclectic band fronted by former Nickel Creek mandolin player Chris Thile.  He happens to be dating the niece of a nice lady in our church, who scored a couple of tickets for me [...]

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Levi started it off–the flu bug has officially invaded the Sublett Compound.  He was sick last week.  Today, Sadie stayed home from school.  I didn’t mind staying home with her, and she wasn’t too sickly during the day.  But she’s been bowing at the porcelain throne tonight.  Perhaps chili-hotdogs weren’t the best choice for supper.  [...]

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Kim and I got home today from a little jaunt down to Sandy Cove, MD with the rest of Calvary’s staff.  Dan’s back from his sabbatical, and he wanted to take the staff away to say thanks for our hard work in his absence, and to talk about some of the things that he learned [...]

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