Lehman’s Country Life

The combination of the heat from late August’s “Dog Days of Summer” and the busyness of Back to School can cause the humble sandwich to find its way to a starring role on the supper table. The addition of some delicious and healthy ingredients (some straight from the garden, if you have them!) can turn the ordinary mixture of bread, condiment, and protein into a quick and healthy balanced meal. Give these tasty recipes a try on your supper table:
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When is a flashlight not a flashlight?

When it joins the orchestra!

While this sounds like a joke that some of the kids would get up on stage to tell on Camp Cabaret Night, it is quite soberly a fact. To get everyone in the act, our compere Diarmuid, set challenges for to make music from unusual, not to say eccentric, sources. It is perfectly possible (Liam proved it) to make a joyful noise from a wheel wrench! It reminded me a little of a higher pitched tuba. Wind-up flashlights are not only practical and eco-friendly, they can also be pressed into musical instrument duty and make a delightful whizzing sound when wound.
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Some stories are too good not to share, so I just have to pass along this funny little one from my sister Becca, who recently returned from her honeymoon driving around the Irish countryside (yes, I was exceedingly jealous). She and new hubby Michael drove by a small castle and decided to turn around and see if they could go inside (many of the old castles are open to the public as they are owned by the Irish government). This one, Clonony Castle, happens to be owned privately, by an American (or Canadian? I’m not sure) woman and her Irish husband. Her expertise is in restoring centuries-old buildings and they are slowly restoring this castle to its original appearance (built in 1500).

After chatting a while, they asked Becca and Michael where they were from, and Becca mentioned Ohio and Amish Country. The couple then exclaimed, “OH, we just got a catalog from a place in Ohio’s Amish Country … it’s a hardware store called Lehman’s!”
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