Articles About Patterdale Hall Diaries

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | In-between days

  By Guest ContributorJanuary 9, 2025

  

  “As we drift through the wilderness that is this time of year, I have a little time to reflect. Archie and everybody else are asleep, all the pots are clean, and I’m working on my second cup of tea.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | A recipe for de-stressing

  By Guest ContributorDecember 20, 2024

  

  “I’ve been writing this diary for two years now. Putting my thoughts down has been enjoyable, and documenting this time of my life is kind of fun. I’m slowing down.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Truly an entangled life

  By Guest ContributorDecember 7, 2024

  

  “Raising children is hard and rewarding, and both Bob and Morris seem to be thriving. I’m glad we now have Patterdale Hall. I’m very tired and I need to rest. The Hall is the place where I will rest.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Harvest time at the Hall

  By Guest ContributorOctober 15, 2024

  

  “The semester is in full effect. Summer flew by. I saw turkeys again out at the Hall last night. Five hens were on the prowl around the house while I was reading in the great room.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Wyatt’s predilection

  By Guest ContributorSeptember 30, 2024

  

  “An exciting day: Yellow Springs Brewery is making the English pale ale ‘Wyatt’s Eviction,’ and so I shall show up to empty the mash tun and generally get in the way.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | In the midst of life

  By Guest ContributorJuly 30, 2024

  

  “Betty had a piercing bark. She was an 18-pound terrier with a pair of fully functional lungs. Our house in Yellow Springs is next to the Catholic church, and Betty was in full voice on Sundays.”

• 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.”