by James Manning House | May 14, 2017 | Recipes
6 c. rhubarb, cut into 1” pieces 1 T. candied ginger, finely chopped ½ c. sugar 2 T. agave nectar or honey 2/3 c. ginger ale ¼ c. fresh strawberries, cut up (added for color) Zest of one lemon Juice of ½ lemon Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Cover and cook...
by James Manning House | May 9, 2017 | Blog
The neighbor says to me, “I like your boat”. “Thank you”, I return. Her reply, “Do you know something that I don’t?” And we both laughed, anything to break up that dreariness on a rainy, cold and dismal day changing the usual commentary to the weather. It’s so nice...
by James Manning House | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog
Spring has sprung, the grass is green, and so the flowers are now seen. Just a little humor for the bright and peppy way the season makes one feel. So far spring around the inn has been a sea of bright yellow forsythia blooming and assorted varieties of daffodils and...
by James Manning House | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye Now, this Second Day of February, Two Thousand and Seventeen, the One Hundred and Thirty First Annual Trek of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club…. Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of All Prognosticators, was...
by James Manning House | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
What does the month of March signal in your mind? Is it wind, the advent of spring, muddy paw prints, the sun glaringly showing the streaks in the windows, or daylight savings? Do you think of Julius Caesar, the Ides of March and his feeling of Doom? How about some...