Monthly Archives: June 2020

About Giant Eggs & Double Yolks

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Roger Gosden

This week’s gift from a neighbor’s chicken coop included one extra-large egg. After hard-boiling and cracking open we found a double yolk, which some say is a good omen on our wedding anniversary. The following conversation over a meal would … Continue reading →

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Into the Wild at Knepp Estate

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Roger Gosden

Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell loved to travel from West Sussex to the fauna of wilder places in the world. No longer. They have re-envisioned their ‘backyard’ as semi-wilderness. Some backyard! They own the Knepp estate of 3,500 … Continue reading →

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Death of a Lawn Mower

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Roger Gosden

The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald knew that Americans find public expression of their successful lives in a neatly groomed lawn. Jay Gatsby was so horrified at Nick Carroway’s ragged lawn next door that he sent his gardeners over to mow … Continue reading →

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