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• 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.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Weathering a bomb cyclone

  By Guest ContributorAugust 26, 2023

  

  “The winds hit about 11 p.m. just as I went to bed, and the temperature dropped from 40º F to -9º F, or -24º C, in the space of two hours.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Getting busy, getting happy

  By Guest ContributorJune 7, 2023

  

  “I have to work just as hard, but I’m doing something I love, and on top of that, I have stuff to do. I’m getting busy. It’s a wonderful thing.”