tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.comments2017-10-21T14:14:18.396-04:00In Arden, Author and Artist in UtopiaJill Althouse-Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-56122358805673146642017-10-21T14:14:18.396-04:002017-10-21T14:14:18.396-04:00By the way, if one reads the definition of 'ut...By the way, if one reads the definition of 'utopia' and knows anything about Arden, they will know Arden is not that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-47032421125355516972017-10-21T14:12:21.074-04:002017-10-21T14:12:21.074-04:00One error of note is calling Chair of Town Assembl...One error of note is calling Chair of Town Assembly the Town Chair which implies an executive position of which there are none. Thank you for confirming what I already knew: there are a lot of ex-Duponters in Arden and they bring their 'special' set of rules re: how the Town should operate, except for the fact the town operates according to a Charter, definitely not by 'uniqueness' or 'regular practice. Town Meetings 'dragging on for days'? Not so. Meetings are run by Robert's Rules of Order... certainly nothing to ignore or joke about. I invite all to come to a Town Meeting, observe, and begin asking questions, if only to yourself. And, above all, don't believe the hype.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-67312136391703850512017-01-12T19:25:53.629-05:002017-01-12T19:25:53.629-05:00Thank you for posting! I've missed your insigh...Thank you for posting! I've missed your insights into Arden life. Perfect timing to remind us why we're packing to move; destination Ardencroft. Looking forward to meeting you in person.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435900740269150707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-39812072734218219712015-09-08T21:18:23.047-04:002015-09-08T21:18:23.047-04:00You are the Arden pool goddess for me Diane, and a...You are the Arden pool goddess for me Diane, and always will be.Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-70071411811811019212015-09-06T21:59:56.055-04:002015-09-06T21:59:56.055-04:00Yikes, ye gods, I really do talk too much! Thank...Yikes, ye gods, I really do talk too much! Thanks, Jill! Oh, and I'm now reading X, by Sue Grafton, who makes murder and mayhem so fascinating...<br />Arden readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974344267703299310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-51847488435815117652015-09-03T20:12:06.515-04:002015-09-03T20:12:06.515-04:00Arden needs a labyrinth. I often wish to walk a ...Arden needs a labyrinth. I often wish to walk a labyrinth. The Delaware Art Museum labyrinth is wonderful but enclosed. I don't feel comfortable walking there. Arden should have had a labyrinth already. It belongs here. Arden readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974344267703299310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-41849492695731106372015-08-18T07:23:48.500-04:002015-08-18T07:23:48.500-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Steve Finnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863026367048527526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-4658652716371389652015-08-11T12:12:42.325-04:002015-08-11T12:12:42.325-04:00Great blog. Great blog. Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-72178313759379527152015-08-11T10:21:05.545-04:002015-08-11T10:21:05.545-04:00Nicely written. Nicely written. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295260231389060409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-90764890798362287062015-07-29T10:26:52.462-04:002015-07-29T10:26:52.462-04:00You read the Bobbsey Twins in first grade? My fir...You read the Bobbsey Twins in first grade? My first one - other than children's<br /> books - was Black Beauty. How I loved that book - and cried when poor Ginger died. It was Christmas vacation and I was 7 years old and stuck in bed with the measles. Already reading was a favorite pastime and Black Beauty began my lifelong love of reading. (It was all the more intense because I was always sick on birthdays and holidays - chicken pox for my birthday one year and mumps the next, stuck in bed with my only escape my book.) Anyway, most of my friends were reading the Bobbsey Twins and later Nancy Drew while I was whinnying and galloping around the neighborhood and reading horse books. My favorite author was Walter Farley, who wrote the Black Stallion series as well as the Flame series, but any book about horses was it for me. I remember sitting in a tree by the Sassafras River reading Mary O'Hara's Thunderhead while my mom and dad and brother fished nearby. I loved Annette Funicello because she starred in The Horsemasters, which I had already read. The Red Road Pony, Smoky a Cowhorse, Beyond Rope and Fence, Comanche of the Seventh, King of the Wind...if it was about horses, I read it, fiction, non-fiction, biography. My all-time favorite series was The Silver Brumby series, written my an Australian woman, Elyne Mitchell. I wanted to be her daughter and have a brumby of my own and ride the Australian Alps with her. (In fact my current bedtime reading is her biography, written by her daughter and filled with great photos.) By the time I was 9 or 10 I had branched out to dog books like The Call of the Wild, Outlaw Red, Lassie, Rin Tin Tin. Of course, back then the TV had only 3 channels unblock and white. The records we listened to were my mom's 78's from the 1940's. We played outside a lot. There was not the competition with media the kids have nowadays. When I couldn't go out to play my books were my best friends, my escape, my lifeline to travel and imagination. Six decades later it is the same. Books.Arden readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974344267703299310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-87235486765083532912015-06-24T13:58:28.195-04:002015-06-24T13:58:28.195-04:00You were one of the rock stars, Ron. Missed you th...You were one of the rock stars, Ron. Missed you this year. Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-71233575487329783462015-06-24T10:42:48.535-04:002015-06-24T10:42:48.535-04:00Posted on Arden Shakespeare Gild FB page - Thank y...Posted on Arden Shakespeare Gild FB page - Thank you Jill!Ron Ozerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05278152995831703586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-51733924417739707252015-04-16T20:42:33.852-04:002015-04-16T20:42:33.852-04:00Linda, you are not reading between the lines. I ha...Linda, you are not reading between the lines. I have indeed found a group in which I can discuss things that matter. I have actually found more than one groups in Arden. Interesting that you use the word vulnerable, because one of these clusters, the women I sat with around the fire, came together to initially study the work of Brene Brown who is a vulnerability expert. That is indeed part of the equation. Our assimilation into this community has been swift and magical, a true gift. I'm glad you were able to understand that through my writing. Sometimes I am not sure if I am able to convey all the dimensions of our life here.Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-68004436532532476002015-04-16T18:36:34.043-04:002015-04-16T18:36:34.043-04:00Wow, am I reading too much between your lines or, ...Wow, am I reading too much between your lines or, after having become a member of the community only in 2013, you've already found friends with whom you share stories about things that matter? If so, says much about you and the community! With few exceptions I've seen that kind of openess, lack of concern about making a good impression, and willingness to leave oneself vulnerable only among the terminally ill. I'm enjoying reading your observations in and about your new setting.<br />Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435900740269150707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-78364832703254440082015-03-23T07:58:21.759-04:002015-03-23T07:58:21.759-04:00A friend sent me a link to more photos of Joseph A...A friend sent me a link to more photos of Joseph Arthur's artwork, and I must say that it has opened me up to more of his talent. While I doubt I would shell out the big bucks for any one piece, I have a new appreciation of Arthur as a visual artist. Check them out. https://www.facebook.com/Josepharthurpage/photos_streamJill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-3192781498599383582015-03-23T07:53:58.130-04:002015-03-23T07:53:58.130-04:00Thanks, Ron, for including the names of more of th...Thanks, Ron, for including the names of more of the Concert Gild. I think George will get his very own blog entry one of these days. <br />Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-86665296662584148092015-03-22T21:41:21.100-04:002015-03-22T21:41:21.100-04:00Thanks Jill! I should add that others have been a...Thanks Jill! I should add that others have been adding great energy to the recent seasons. Particularly Rob Matera who has booked as many shows as I this year. And of course Joe del Tufo who brought Joseph Arthur. And George Brocklesby who has added Electronic Dance Music to our card to compliment his ecstaticly good lighting. We have a lot of fun doing these shows!Ron Ozerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05278152995831703586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-87315414392198216412015-03-20T15:59:48.345-04:002015-03-20T15:59:48.345-04:00Thank you for all your comments, Diane. I would lo...Thank you for all your comments, Diane. I would love for this blog to become a conversation--maybe some of that conversation to be held in person. So glad you are back in town for a bit. Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-31537792343661532452015-03-20T11:17:05.434-04:002015-03-20T11:17:05.434-04:00I feel you, lady, and let me remind you that I men...I feel you, lady, and let me remind you that I mentioned that, at 29 and 26, my two are STILL a work in progress! By the way, enjoy that empty nest thing while it's going on: we baby boomers call our 'adult' (uh-huh) children 'boomerangs,' and they do boomerang while they are 'maturing.' Good luck with that, lmao. (I guess you Gen Xers will call yours ???? ) Arden readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974344267703299310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-63114255188625613942015-03-20T11:06:55.752-04:002015-03-20T11:06:55.752-04:00You pen your blogs, Jill, like Joe shoots his asto...You pen your blogs, Jill, like Joe shoots his astonishing photos! What a gorgeous tribute to Arden's own photographer. Your writing creates mental pictures equally as evocative as Joe creates through his photography. I salute you both! Thank you! Arden readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974344267703299310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-20948536592755254582015-03-20T11:02:15.769-04:002015-03-20T11:02:15.769-04:00"there was enchantment to be claimed even on ..."there was enchantment to be claimed even on a Thursday night when I was lugging groceries into the house" After 911 I will never view a bag of groceries the same way. I had finished my morning bus run and on the way home stopped by the store for a few groceries. While I was in the store people were talking about a horrible crash involving the World Trade Centers. I went on home, walked in the door and right over to the TV, an turned it on just in time to see the second plane hit the the second tower. A half hour later I realized I was sitting on the floor crying, desperately hugging the groceries, glued to the TV. Today, all these years later, I still look at my (now reusable) grocery bag and think of that day, this country, those people who perished (including a very dear friend), and I feel humble, fragile, and very grateful to be alive and living here in this country, this village, this place and time.Arden readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974344267703299310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-47255691116706707482015-03-14T21:43:27.110-04:002015-03-14T21:43:27.110-04:00I pretty much forgot about that piece of the story...I pretty much forgot about that piece of the story, too, because it wasn't part we usually told. But I checked back through old emails to get the details correct, and I was reminded of it. It is a great story.Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-38496717097991149872015-03-14T19:03:01.724-04:002015-03-14T19:03:01.724-04:00I don't think I'll ever get sick of this s...I don't think I'll ever get sick of this story...and yes, I'm pretty sure we didn't even know we were buying a house :-) I also don't think I ever heard the part about Mark getting the promotion and raise....amazing...what had to happen for all of it to work out was already extraordinary...Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700327228275672215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-77716781665065485192015-03-14T13:17:37.535-04:002015-03-14T13:17:37.535-04:00Joe, I graduated in 1987. I got the recipe from my...Joe, I graduated in 1987. I got the recipe from my uncle, Ken Keener who was given this recipe upon his retirement from teaching at Warwick High School. You would have graduated with his son, my cousin, Craig.<br />Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745846523751995186.post-18550798658299146062015-03-14T13:17:16.982-04:002015-03-14T13:17:16.982-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jill Althouse-Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569508303216800670noreply@blogger.com