Articles About Patterdale Hall Diaries

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | The entourage effect

  By Guest ContributorJune 27, 2024

  

  “There are plenty of critters there at the moment: mama and baby deer, coyotes and, rather wonderfully, turkeys — big ones. As an Englishman I am constantly delighted by animals that are not wild in the U.K.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | What lies beneath

  By Guest ContributorMay 19, 2024

  

  “Spring is springing, the daffodils are flowering, and another bloody critter has dug a hole under the kitchen of Patterdale Hall.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | History repeating

  By Guest ContributorApril 13, 2024

  

  “This year I will be getting myself another knife; I have accepted that I have a knife habit. It is a fixed-blade all-rounder of a knife made by Helle of Norway, and it’s called ‘Sigmund,’ which is cute.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Poetry in motion

  By Guest ContributorMarch 1, 2024

  

  “Things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Burst pipes and a new sediment filter set me back $600. I hope I can maintain the house above freezing through February and early March, but we will have to see.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Hunkering down in the Hall

  By Guest ContributorFebruary 9, 2024

  

  “I will head out to the Hall and get a fire going, then will travel back and forth to keep an eye on both Karen and the fire.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Occupational hazards

  By Guest ContributorJanuary 21, 2024

  

  “This is why we bought Patterdale Hall, so we can exist in the now and enjoy every second of it.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | A record of note, for some

  By Guest ContributorDecember 8, 2023

  

  Writing a diary can be extremely helpful to putting your thoughts in order. As things go down on the page you begin to realize what is important and what isn’t.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | On hats and sticks

  By Guest ContributorNovember 17, 2023

  

  We are teetering on the brink of fall. It is absolutely my favorite season in Ohio. Last year I discovered delicata squash, which changed my life. Goodness, they are delicious. This year, however, we haven’t planted any: they are exploding everywhere, and I reckon we have about 20, ranging from almost a foot long to about three inches.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Tempus fugit

  By Guest ContributorOctober 6, 2023

  

  “As a professor I am on a nine-month academic salary, and while this means I don’t have a lot of money, it does mean I can spend May, June and July pottering about at the Hall.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Mice and moles and shrews, oh my!

  By Guest ContributorSeptember 13, 2023

  

  “One lasting memory of my time at Oxford was watching a cricket match between the Bodleian librarians and some local captains of industry.”