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Friday, August 5, 2011
Southern Coleslaw
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My husband and I are fully united in our love of coleslaw! :DReplyDelete
I love me some Coleslaw! This looks so good Bran!ReplyDelete
This looks sooo good....my husband would disagree :( Although, I have trained him (maybe forced) to like some things he swore would never pass his lips (rice aka "maggots", sweet tea on occasion, & onions in everything) I don't think I could fool him into eating cole slaw though....ReplyDelete
Great looking recipe--I love coleslaw!! I also love North and South! When my husband and I were engaged, I remember watching the entire series (on video) in just one weekend! Yup, we were total couch potatoes that weekend and it was wonderful...:)ReplyDelete
Yes maam pass that right along! I didn't start liking coleslaw until I was in my 20s, but I sure do love it now. I have no idea why I didn't like it before...just makes no sense hahaReplyDelete
Looks yummy! So yummy that I buzzed ya! ;)ReplyDelete
Gotta love those summer salads!
Girl, do I remember Orry Main? Absolutely! Mini-series, book, I couldn't get enough of this character (or Swayze)! Great post and this sounds exactly like my grandmother's coleslaw.ReplyDelete
I love coleslaw... looks delicious!ReplyDelete
The country coleslaw looks so tempting and I loved your description on the same. Very good recipe!!ReplyDelete
Ahh Patrick..I have no idea how many times I watched "dirty dancing":))ReplyDelete
Your Slaw sound incredibly tasty!!
Have a awesome Friday!!!
We are also a house divided. My husband is a fan of coleslaw, and I don't like it. I am not a big fan of cabbage, and I strongly dislike Mayo. But hubby would LOVE this!!ReplyDelete
That's almost how my mama taught me, but I've never heard of putting in the buttermilk, and my mama also puts in celery seed. I'll have to give your version a try.ReplyDelete
It's just my opinion, but anyone who doesn't like grits, cole slaw & corn bread doesn't deserve status as a Southerner. Again, just my $.02 worth. ;-)
I'm making your cole slaw for out picnic today...Look fabulous! Thanks for another great recipe!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for all your comments! Beth, I hope you like it! If you chop it up fine, I think it tastes kinda like KFC cole slaw!ReplyDelete
Mmmm.... I've been craving cole slaw like crazy lately! I will have to give this a try next time I make BBQ!ReplyDelete
Hooray for your Top 9 this morning! This looks like the perfect cole slaw!!! xoReplyDelete
love it! your story leading into it might have been the best part but I do believe it is the ingredients for the slaw that will take the blue ribbon...nice job!ReplyDelete
I love cole slaw.ReplyDelete
Brandy! Congrats on making Top 9 at Foodbuzz!! WOOOHHOOOO!! Darling post..you're always makin' me smile Missy! I make my cole slaw pretty much like this too. MM!ReplyDelete
Mmm I love me some coleslaw. My husband is not a fan though so I don't typically make it at home. I sure would love a heaping helping of this one!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the Top 9 ! (I'm way behind reading blogs, since I got back.) Your cole slaw looks so good. I love Patrick Swayze is on of my favorite movies. Back to the cole slaw, I'll ahve to try your dressing!ReplyDelete
Have a great Tuesday!
Congrats on the top 9 for this! And it looks quite yummy.ReplyDelete
We love coleslaw. Actually, I love it; the husband doesn't mind it. But since I love it I hardly make it - I'd eat it all! This looks great!ReplyDelete
Love the look of this cole slaw. Thanks for the tip about chopping it up small. Husband and I are both from Iowa. I like KFC cole slaw and I think he likes most slaws. I hate celery seed though so thanks for leaving it out of this recipe!ReplyDelete
We are having house guests this weekend and I am going to make this along with pulled pork and apple pie for dessert. So excited!ReplyDelete
I hope you like it Annie!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 2, 2012 at 6:51 PM
North and South here too...he is from Ohio (just like my Dad), I am from FL (just like my Mom...and she did try to warn me...lol). Anyway, I LOVE coleslaw...he loves cabbage ANY OTHER way but in coleslaw...can't wait to try your recipe!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 2, 2012 at 6:51 PM
North and South here too...he is from Ohio (just like my Dad), I am from FL (just like my Mom...and she did try to warn me...lol). Anyway, I LOVE coleslaw...he loves cabbage ANY OTHER way but in coleslaw...can't wait to try your recipe!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Love your recipes. When making coleslaw from a bag mix. Run the slaw through the chop part of your food processor to get a fresh cut taste to your slaw. Then if you sprinkle a tsp of sugar over the cut cabbage, before adding the sauce, it will help cut the bitter taste.ReplyDelete
- Michele R.May 26, 2012 at 5:59 PM
you are hilarious! I had the same Orry Main problem!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 11:21 AM
I thought I was the only one who remembered Patrick Swayse from that mini-series. It was my first introduction to him (and also Kirstie Alley) and I always thought of him in this role whenever I saw him on TV. So nice to run across so many others who enjoyed it as much as I did!ReplyDelete
And just for that I think I'll use your recipe for coleslaw for lunch today!
Coleslaw is also great on hot dogs ~ my mom's from WV and taught me that ;)!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing! Love your blog!
I made this today as I was looking for something to go with a pork loin I had as leftovers. The great thing about it was I had everything, except the cole slaw mix. I only needed to use 1 bag of slaw as its just me to feed. I used the whole amount of "dressing" and added about a teaspoon of celery seed. Its marinating in the fridge but cant wait to eat it on my Sweet Baby Ray BBQ pork sandwich...ReplyDelete
Ok, you won me over for 3 reasons ..#1-Cole Slaw..I love a great cole slaw.You cannot without a doubt get a good one out of any deli case at a grocery store. I make mine and slather it on my grilled hot dogs..#2- North and South, I feel in love with both Patrick Swayze and James Read, Orrie and George!! I bought it on Dvd at Walmart. #3-JFG mayonnaise...JFG was a staple at my grandpa's in Tennessee. I live in Ohio and too this day when I go down there I stock up on JFG for my dad and thinking of my amazing grandpa..Thanks for that..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2013 at 2:08 PM
I would add some celery seed too! Maybe a couple of teaspoons?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2013 at 12:39 PM
Love reading your recipes and all the comments that follow. I, too, am a slaw lover. Like mine sweeter rather than vinegary. Our home is also divided, North and South. He's from Pennsylvania and I'm from South Carolina. However, he will eat grits, greens, cornbread, okra, and many other "southern" foods. Still cannot get him interested in cole slaw. What's a girl to do?!?ReplyDelete
Omygosh delish! This recipe is a keeper. I have tried alot of coleslaw dressing through the years but I am definitely in love. Keeper for the rest of my life.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for this greaaaaaaaaaaat tasting slaw.
Kindly, Peggy
I made this today for our 4th of July lunch. It was the BEST cole slaw I've ever eaten. My husband is not a fan and he ate three helpings!!! We don't have milk or buttermilk so I just used Almond milk and it came out perfect! This will be in our regular rotation now. Thanks for another excellent recipe.ReplyDelete
This is the way I make mine, except I add a little of my homemade sweet pickles. Just ran across your blog can't wait to look at all your recipes. There is nothing better than southern cooks. Glad I found you.ReplyDelete
Well Sherrie, I am so glad you found me! Hope you find many new recipes to try and make sure you come back often. I am always cooking up something good in my kitchen.ReplyDelete
Made this last night, it was so good, best cole slaw I ever had, thank you for sharing such a great tasting recipe!ReplyDeleteReplies
So glad it was a winner for you! So glad you came back to let me know how it turned out for you. Hope you find a few more recipes to try. Have a great weekend!Delete


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Red Wings Sign Jordin Tootoo to 3-yr deal, $1.9M/yr
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Doan will cost a little more than 1.9 but the 1.9 we spent on this guy might mean we can't get Doan or somebody else we might like to in the future.
yeah would have took doan over this guy
And he will cut into ice-time for our young guys
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 12:37 AM
I'm not talking about Tootoo the person. I'm talking about Tootoo the player. And he's a dirty player.
He's bitten guys, thrown cheap hits, and often drops the gloves and starts swinging before the other guy even realizes he's in a fight.
Like I said, my biggest issue is he's a dirty player and not good defensively.
oh yeah 100% agreed with you on that one....he's an agitator it's what he does. At least he'll be doing it for us and he has good locker room presence. Some people are talkin like he's locker room cancer and I don't think he is at all.
Posted 02 July 2012 - 12:38 AM
I would be way more excited if the Wings had signed Pronger (at least a pronger from a few years ago).
The way some are reacting you would've thought we either traded for Chris Pronger or went back to 1999 and signed Claude Lemieux
He's a player who'd sometimes dirty, but is a talented beast of a defenseman. Tootoo is a 4th line plug who gets more noticed for his cheap hits and that stupid whistle.
Posted 02 July 2012 - 12:42 AM
Hudler Is gone and we need to replace his goal scoring and we got Sammy for cheap. 30 goals at 3 mil is not a bad deal.
Interesting move. I will say this much: Detroit has seen this guy play for years, so he must bring an element they wanted. And frankly, I think his behaviour issues stemmed largely from his addiction problems, which he has been able to overcome. He's come a long way since then, maturity wise.
One thing I am concerned about is that he didn't seem to take kindly to being sat out sometimes in the playoffs, and I'm not sure he'll play every night here, though his salary would suggest he will. That said, he did score 30 points in 77 games this year, so he has the ability to contribute offensively -- more than can be said for many similar kinds of players.
Now Samuelsson...I'm not sure how to rationalize that one...
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 07:47 PM
Hudler Is gone and we need to replace his goal scoring and we got Sammy for cheap. 30 goals at 3 mil is not a bad deal.
Exactly love what Kenny has done today ... hasn't overpayed and we've upgraded.
Upgraded backup goalie.
Got our 20-30 goal scorer.
Got a hard nosed 4th line grit.
Now we need our #1 defensemen!
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Furthermore, as others have said, it'll be harder now to get Parise or Suter.
Posted 01 July 2012 - 07:59 PM
This is sick - he's better to get Suter sign tomorrow...
Posted 01 July 2012 - 08:03 PM
I don't hate Tootoo, I'm thinking about getting his shirt/jersey... the sad thing is that Tootoo is the "big" player that Kenny was thinking about... What about Sammy?
This is sick - he's better to get Suter sign tomorrow...
We still have ~17 million in cap space, and the big fish are still out there.
Why are people freaking out? The Wings aren't going to go into the season with 17 million in cap space.
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 08:05 PM
The Red Wings 4th line was atrocious last season. It had no identity and provided absolutely nothing that you would expect from a typical 4th line. Instead of leftovers and marginal skill players, at least Holland is attempting to build a 4th line that will play hard and ideally bring some energy to the team. Babcock stressed the importance of having a solid bottom-six and now the Red Wings have some players to complement Helm causing damage on the 3rd line.
If Tootoo goes out and forechecks hard, hits and chips in offensively too, this can be a positive signing for the Red Wings. The key is just keeping Tootoo under control and not taking stupid penalties instead. I agree with those that have said Tootoo and Abdelkader together would be a nice combination.
I think ultimately today felt like a disappointment because it didn't include that big name free agent catch. In reality though, the Red Wings addressed two needs in getting a backup goalie and improving the 4th line. The Samuelsson thing -- well, I can't put a positive spin too much on that move yet. Still time for Holland to make a splash through free agency or swinging a trade.
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Sammy sucked 3 years ago - he will suck even more this time!!!!!
Posted 01 July 2012 - 08:16 PM
There was no need for Sammy - Why Kenny needs to go after his EX on any occasion?
Sammy sucked 3 years ago - he will suck even more this time!!!!!
One of the reason Sammy was acquired was to play on the PP point ... like he was being utlized before. Not saying that his good or not but his at least bigger then Huds ...
Posted 01 July 2012 - 08:23 PM
We have already Kronwall, White, Smith, Kindl, Quincey... and maybe Suter... do we really need Sammy on the PP?
Hudler replacament is Brunner or Nyquist.......
Posted 01 July 2012 - 08:24 PM
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Feed the Swede! - RETIRED 2012
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Welcome to the D! Bring that grit and energy to the 3rd or 4th line.
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Looking to the future of the beef industry, presenters at the Colorado Farm Show on Tuesday in Greeley discussed two major questions: How can those in the industry improve the sustainability of their operations, and how can young people take their own place in beef production?
Speakers talked with attendees during Beef Day panels at the 50th farm show, which kicked off Tuesday at Island Grove Regional Park and is scheduled to run through Thursday.
Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, director of sustainability research for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association in Denver, said an in-depth, extensive assessment of the beef industry's sustainability — its ability to operate without depleting resources — examined efficiency at every part of the production process, even down to the amount of toilet paper used each day in one packing plant. She said the results of the study show that those involved in beef production have made improvements in reducing their environmental footprint in the last six years.
"We have a positive story to tell," she said.
Stackhouse-Lawson, who earned a doctorate in animal science at University of California-Davis, said innovations in areas like crop yields, machinery, irrigation, manure management and animal performance have helped ranchers save water and fuel. In other parts of the industry, efforts like right-size packaging — a sweeping reduction in the amount of plastic used to package beef — have made a big difference, she said.
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Stackhouse-Lawson said the concern over sustainability in the beef industry started with a United Nations report that indicated the industry was responsible for producing more greenhouse gases than was the transportation sector. That's far from true in the United States, she said, but that same UN report presented information that is very pertinent to the beef industry:
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Discussing how to keep those generations going, a panel of four newcomers to the beef industry told attendees about their startups and their strategies for succeeding. Panelists had participated in Colorado State University's Colorado Ranching Legacy Program, a series of classes in which attendees learn the ins and outs of ranching through hands-on participation and expert lecturers.
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"It helps you to stay on top of the game and see what your feeders are looking for, see what the next step in the cattle industry's going to be," said Kari Schultz, who grew up on a ranch in Kirk and who is now venturing out with her husband, Caleb, to build their own herd.
Leah Churches said she grew up on a ranch in Nebraska where she bought her first heifer from her father at the age of 8. Now she runs a small herd in southern Wyoming with her husband and two children. Like others on the panel, she said she recommends that newcomers to the industry take advantage of leasing land while they grow their herds.
"There are not a lot of younger people in agriculture, but that is also an opportunity for those of us that want to be involved," she said.
Jack Whittier, a CSU professor and extension specialist, said there are loan opportunities for those trying to get started in agriculture.
Panelists also said their families are integral in keeping their small operations running. Kyle Kocerha, who is getting more and more involved in his father-in-law's operation, said he, his wife, his daughter and the rest of the family work in all aspects of the beef business, from rounding up cattle to calving.
"It's a family operation," he said. "We're all involved with it."
Devin Murnin, director of industry programs for the Colorado Cattlemen's Association, said those interested in partaking in the Ranching Legacy Program may contact him or Whittier. He said as part of the program, he was pleased to see the gusto with which the panelists were working to grow their operations.
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Josh Warner initially wasn't happy with his recent demotion to the bullpen. He'd never been a reliever.
As long as the Williamsport reliever can remember he's been a starting pitcher. He was down on himself when Crosscutters manager Nelson Prada delivered the news more than a week ago he was being removed from the Cutters' rotation in favor or Julio Reyes.
Standing near the front of Williamsport's clubhouse at Bowman Field last week, Warner tried to put the positive spin on the move. He could begin to think positively after back-to-back scoreless outings, no matter how upset he was with the move.
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Josh Warner has been moved to the Crosscutters bullpen, where he's allowed two runs in three appearances.
"The move to the bullpen, I was hesitant about it," Warner said. "But when you get out there and the adrenaline starts pumping, I just try to do my job. So far it's been good. Maybe it's a positive move."
Warner has appeared in three games as a reliever since the move. He's allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings, both of which came on a two-run home run by Connecticut's Dominic Ficociello on Friday night.
But it's really been the only mistake he's made in those three appearances. The hope has been teams will have fewer opportunities to see Warner and less of a chance to get a read on his pitches.
The 20-year old from Surfers Paradise, Australia, doesn't have overpowering stuff. He has a fastball which sits from 87-89 mph and will touch 90-91, not overpowering by any stretch for a right-hander. But he's always had an above average change-up with a plus, sweeping curveball.
But because he doesn't have even an above average fastball, he's been caught throughout his career nibbling around the plate and going to his change-up and curve too much. The move to the bullpen has made Warner change his approach.
In his first appearance, he attacked the strike zone with his fastball, getting ahead in the count, and then freezing the hitters with his curveball for strikeouts. In his second appearance, he again attacked with the fastball getting soft contact on some weak fly balls.
"Usually when I start - which might be my problem - I was just trying to hit spots and not really going after hitters," Warner said. "But now that I'm in the bullpen I can attack with my fastball and try to throw as hard as I can."
Warner has gotten an extra tick or two on his fastball by being able to go maximum effort for an inning or two, as opposed to trying to conserve himself for five or six innings. His stuff plays up better than it might actually be because lineups are only seeing him one time.
The only time as a reliever he's been touched up for runs came Friday when he threw 2 1/3 innings against Connecticut. With the most stretched out arm of anyone in the Williamsport bullpen, he was asked for a little more than he normally would be out of the bullpen because the team had to fill in a start because of last week's doubleheader with Auburn. So it was a bullpen game started by Yacksel Rios who has pitched exclusively out of the bullpen prior to Friday.
He was hurt in his third inning of work, which was his second trip through the Tigers' lineup. After a leadoff walk to the ninth batter he faced in the outing, Warner gave up the two-run home run to Ficociello who had flied out in his first at-bat. Warner also allowed a double to Javier Azcona who was facing him for the second time.
"I always say if you have good stuff and you're pitching out of the bullpen, you have a good chance (to advance through the organization) because they're not going to see your stuff twice," Prada said. "He's taken a good chance now that they don't have to see him twice. He's doing a good job, too."
Despite initially being upset by the move, Warner has embraced his new role. He knows the other option isn't nearly as good as the chance he's been given.
In three seasons in the Phillies' system, he has a career ERA over five while allow more than four walks per nine and striking out just over six batter per nine innings. The likelihood is Warner is on thin ice as a prospect, but with a couple extra miles per hour on his fastball in a relief stint, he could still be an asset in the system.
"As long as I'm pitching, I'm pretty happy," Warner said. "If I keep a uniform on my back, I'm pretty happy. As long as I pitch well, starting or bullpen I don't mind."


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NIAGARA FALLS – Like school districts everywhere, the Niagara Falls city schools are re-examining their safety programs as the nation continues to come to grips with the brutal execution of 20 first-graders and six adult educators in last Friday's school invasion in Newtown, Conn.
But unlike in many other districts, the effort here was under way before that tragedy occurred.
Public schools here have two separate committees dedicated to safety, according to a report prepared by public relations director Judie Gregory-Glaser.
By coincidence, Gregory-Glaser prepared the report for publication in the December 2012 issue of the school district's newsletter shortly before the massacre in Connecticut, and her report does not refer specifically to that attack. It does, however, point out steps that have been taken to safeguard students and staff here in almost any imaginable emergency.
"At the district level, team members meet every few weeks to discuss emergency scenarios and plan drills and evacuations, to plan responses and preventive measures for illnesses like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and swine flu, and to plan needed staff development training in such areas as cardiopulmonary resuscitation or use of an automated external defibrillator," she wrote.
"Members also discuss emergency communications systems and communication with parents and guardians."
That committee consists of School Superintendent Cynthia A. Bianco, Deputy Superintendent Mark Laurrie, a safety specialist from the Board of Cooperative Educational Services, a nurse practitioner, a liaison with the Police Department, emergency medical technicians and other school administrators.
"The district also has a Circle of Safety Committee, which was initially formed in response to controversy surrounding sexual predators, but which has evolved to address any safety issues," Gregory-Glaser wrote for the "Our Schools" newsletter.
Members of that committee include representatives of the Police Department, Niagara County Sheriff's Office and City Corporation Counsel Craig Johnson.
The public relations director said that committee "meets occasionally and as needed to share information that may affect the safety of students and staff." She said, "Virtually every conceivable risk is discussed and planned for by these committees."
Recent recommendations to the superintendent have included evacuation drills, updated outdoor video surveillance cameras, updated communication radios, and the acquisition of more, highly visible vests for those helping students in evacuating across busy streets.
Every school building has a designated evacuation site, and the schools themselves can become evacuation sites in case of a community disaster elsewhere.
Gregory-Glaser said, "It is important for parents and guardians to know that in the event of any threat to the safety of students – be it man-made or organic in nature – you will be notified via the telephone broadcast messaging systems. It is therefore imperative that correct phone numbers are on file at the school your child attends."
The telephone messaging system also is used to announce school closings caused by snow, fallen power lines, large numbers of downed tree limbs or other hazards. If schools are to be closed, students can expect to be notified by 6:30 a.m., Gregory-Glaser said.
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lamontnomad Buying an advance ticket does guarantee you will get into the game. But I don't know where you will sit getting there at 7.
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I wish they could have the games on maybe a Saturday to make it a little easier for fans to attend. Does anyone know if an advance ticket is purchased do they guarantee they will let you enter if say you get there at 7:00 rather than 5:30 like last year?
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HARPERS FERRY - On the winding trails off Bakerton Road sits one of Jefferson County's unique treasures, Good Faith Farms.
Taken from the idea when starting out on a new path in life, Charles Barton thought of making the first payment on a mortgage, known as a "good faith" payment, and modeled his farm after that - but that is not where his story begins.
Working as a registered nurse certified in doing anesthesia at the VA Medical Center, Barton became friends with the owners of a Barbados sheep farm in Harpers Ferry. Of the pair who owned the farm, the husband loved animals and the wife knew how to cook them.
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Charles Barton owns one of the few certified organic local sheep farms, with more than 20 sheep and 10 acres of pasture they graze on.
In 1994, when the couple was ready to sell the farm, Barton found himself buying the home and in turn, inheriting the sheep.
Many years later, he now has one of the few certified organic sheep farms along 10 acres of pasture where the animals road freely every day of the year.
"The good part is the sheep take care of a large part of the property with being grass fed," Barton said of his herd that is nearing a count of 30.
Barton said when he first began the farming business, he ran into things he had never had to think about before. At first, he had the herd registered, which he described as simply the same as having papers for a pure-breed dog.
"After I got into that, I found out that certification was more important," Barton said. "There is a lot of interest in organic, and there are a number of people who do farms and animals organically, but there are not a lot of people who are certified organic."
The United States Department of Agriculture has a national organic program, Barton said, adding that consists mostly of a lot of paperwork.
From the feed to the table, Barton's Barbados sheep have everything organic. This means they eat organic hay and eventually need to be butchered at a location with organic credentials.
To have his meat processed, Barton has to go more than 60 miles to Woodstock, Va.
"There are buzzwords with organic," Barton said, listing commonly known terms such as "grass fed," "natural" and "sustainable."
"One of the things you find when you go to the store, the product might say 'organic,' and it might be organically grown, but when it comes to processing it might not be organically processed," he said.
Good Faith Farms became certified organic in October 2012, and Barton described the credentials such like a surgeon might be a good surgeon, although he or she is not a board-certified surgeon - such is the same with organics.
As for his life on the farm now, Barton says he still works in the medical world, but the farm life provides a different perspective.
"I used to take note when I would ask people how long they have been working," Barton said. "And the answer people always gave was how long until their retirement. That gave me chills. A lot of people, when they get down with their work, they can't wait to leave."
The sheep and his farm do not make Barton feel that way.
- Staff writer Michelle Horst can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 138, or www.twitter.com/mhorstJN


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Manhattan-based chef April Bloomfield was faced with that task on Tuesday when Prince Harry, who is in the middle of a week-long visit to the United States, attended the Innovation Is Great event at MILK Studios in NYC's Meatpacking District. And she opted to make the royal heartthrob feel right at home.
"The event was to celebrate innovation in British technology, so I decided to do a British-style menu," said Bloomfield whose restaurants include The Spotted Pig, The Breslin Bar & Dining Room and The John Dory Oyster Bar. "For example, [I served] pea pudding, because peas are as English as the Queen."
A Brit herself, Bloomfield crafted a culturally creative menu of hors d'oeuvre to reflect her native country and her restaurants' signature dishes. Prince Harry, who attended the event (which supported The GREAT campaign, promoting U.K. tourism, education, business and the strength of U.S. and U.K. relations) with British Prime Minister David Cameron dined on beef and stilton pie; cheddar and piccalilli tea sandwiches; Scotch quail eggs; and sipped on The Spotted Pig's famous Pimm's cup.
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So how does it feel to cook for a prince?
"It was an honor to meet and cook for Prince Harry and the prime minister," said Bloomfield. "Growing up in Birmingham, I never dreamed I'd be in New York cooking my food for royalty."
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MACON, Ga. – Danielle Horgan and Amanda Parker have been named to the Atlantic Sun's All-Conference First Team, as a total of five Hatters garnered post-season honors, the conference announced Wednesday.
Joining Horgan and Parker as A-Sun honorees are Mary Kate O'Sullivan and Maylis Broderick who wound up on the All-Conference Second Team, while midfielder Lindsay Summers was named to the All-Freshman Team.
Horgan, a sophomore from Miami, Fla., is no stranger to A-Sun honors as she was named Player of the Week, (Apr. 7), for her seven goal performance vs. Kennesaw State. She was also a member of the conference's All-Freshman Team a year ago. The second year attacker finished the regular season with a team high 31 points to go along with her 12 assists and 19 goals.
Parker is sophomore from Perkasie, Pa., and one of the premiere defenders on the team. She picked up 18 ground balls and won 23 draw controls in 14 games played.
Like Horgan, O'Sullivan was also an All-Freshman Team member in 2013 and has already been named to the A-Sun's Academic All-Conference Team in 2014. The attacker/midfielder played in all 17 regular season contests, scoring 15 goals and dishing out five assists for her 20 points. The Naples, Fla., native picked up 19 ground balls and won 24 draw controls this past season.
Broderick picks up her second A-Sun honor of the season as she too was named Academic All-Conference. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native was an All-Freshman Team member in 2013 and followed up her solid rookie campaign with an equally strong sophomore season. The midfielder had nine goals and six assists for 15 total points.
Summers, a standout freshman, led the team in the regular season in draw controls (39) and was second in ground balls (44). She played in all 17 games, scoring 13 goals and dishing out five assists for 18 points.
This is the second straight season Stetson has seen at least five of its players earn A-Sun post season honors as all five were on the All-Freshman Team in 2013.
The Hatters earned a No. 4 seed in this year's A-Sun Championship with a pair of conference victories. They will take on No. 1 Jacksonville in the semifinals, Friday, May 2 at 1 p.m., on the Dolphins' home field.


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Dr. Boyle's research is focused on clinical trials for the development of new cystic fibrosis therapies. He is studying modifier genes and cystic fibrosis lung disease, infection control, and cystic fibrosis and bone health.
He recently helped co-author a paper that described a proof-of-concept study in mice whereby the researchers used nanoparticle technology as an inhaled vehicle to deliver targeted therapeutic genes for people with life-threatening lung disorders.
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Boyle MP. "The evidence for long-term benefits of restoration of CFTR function continues to grow." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct 1;192(7):774-6. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201507-1348ED.
Mastorakos P, da Silva AL, Chisholm J, Song E, Choi WK, Boyle MP, Morales MM, Hanes J, Suk JS. "Highly compacted biodegradable DNA nanoparticles capable of overcoming the mucus barrier for inhaled lung gene therapy." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jul 14;112(28):8720-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1502281112. Epub 2015 Jun 29.
Wainwright CE, Elborn JS, Ramsey BW, Marigowda G, Huang X, Cipolli M, Colombo C, Davies JC, De Boeck K, Flume PA, Konstan MW, McColley SA, McCoy K, McKone EF, Munck A, Ratjen F, Rowe SM, Waltz D, Boyle MP; TRAFFIC Study Group; TRANSPORT Study Group. "Lumacaftor-Ivacaftor in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Homozygous for Phe508del CFTR." N Engl J Med. 2015 Jul 16;373(3):220-31. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1409547. Epub 2015 May 17.
Boyle MP. "Identifying correlates of self-stigma in adults who stutter: Further establishing the construct validity of the Self-Stigma of Stuttering Scale (4S)." J Fluency Disord. 2015 Mar;43:17-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2014.12.002. Epub 2015 Jan 6.
Boyle MP. "Relationships between psychosocial factors and quality of life for adults who stutter." Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2015 Feb;24(1):1-12. doi: 10.1044/2014_AJSLP-14-0089.
Boyle MP. Psychological characteristics and perceptions of stuttering of adults who stutter with and without support group experience. J Fluency Disord. 2013 Dec;38(4):368-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2013.09.001. Epub 2013 Oct 1. PMID: 24331244
Lechtzin N, West N, Allgood S, Wilhelm E, Khan U, Mayer-Hamblett N, Aitken ML, Ramsey BW, Boyle MP, Mogayzel PJ Jr, Goss CH. Rationale and design of a randomized trial of home electronic symptom and lung function monitoring to detect cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations: The early intervention in cystic fibrosis exacerbation (eICE) trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Nov;36(2):460-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.09.004. Epub 2013 Sep 19. PMID: 24055998
Boyle MP. Assessment of stigma associated with stuttering: development and evaluation of the self-stigma of stuttering scale (4S). J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2013 Oct;56(5):1517-29. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0280). Epub 2013 Jul 9. PMID: 23838992
Blood GW, Blood IM, Coniglio AD, Finke EH, Boyle MP. Familiarity breeds support: speech-language pathologists' perceptions of bullying of students with autism spectrum disorders. J Commun Disord. 2013 Mar-Apr;46(2):169-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2013.01.002. Epub 2013 Jan 31. PMID: 23497960
Thomas JA, Boyle MP, Hunter LW, Tiffany JE. Temperature sensitivity of capillary-driven flow: application to age monitoring devices. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2012 Apr 15;372(1):176-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.01.008. Epub 2012 Jan 20. PMID: 22300654
Blood GW, Blood IM, Tramontana GM, Sylvia AJ, Boyle MP, Motzko GR. Self-reported experience of bullying of students who stutter: relations with life satisfaction, life orientation, and self-esteem. Percept Mot Skills. 2011 Oct;113(2):353-64. PMID: 22185050
Boylan NJ, Suk JS, Lai SK, Jelinek R, Boyle MP, Cooper MJ, Hanes J. Highly compacted DNA nanoparticles with low MW PEG coatings: in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo evaluation. J Control Release. 2012 Jan 10;157(1):72-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.08.031. Epub 2011 Aug 31. PMID: 21903145
Suk JS, Boylan NJ, Trehan K, Tang BC, Schneider CS, Lin JM, Boyle MP, Zeitlin PL, Lai SK, Cooper MJ, Hanes J. N-acetylcysteine enhances cystic fibrosis sputum penetration and airway gene transfer by highly compacted DNA nanoparticles. Mol Ther. 2011 Nov;19(11):1981-9. doi: 10.1038/mt.2011.160. Epub 2011 Aug 9. PMID: 21829177
Clancy JP, Rowe SM, Accurso FJ, Aitken ML, Amin RS, Ashlock MA, Ballmann M, Boyle MP, Bronsveld I, Campbell PW, De Boeck K, Donaldson SH, Dorkin HL, Dunitz JM, Durie PR, Jain M, Leonard A, McCoy KS, Moss RB, Pilewski JM, Rosenbluth DB, Rubenstein RC, Schechter MS, Botfield M, Ordoñez CL, Spencer-Green GT, Vernillet L, Wisseh S, Yen K, Konstan MW. Results of a phase IIa study of VX-809, an investigational CFTR corrector compound, in subjects with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del-CFTR mutation. Thorax. 2012 Jan;67(1):12-8. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200393. Epub 2011 Aug 8. PMID: 21825083
Boyle MP. Mindfulness training in stuttering therapy: a tutorial for speech-language pathologists. J Fluency Disord. 2011 Jun;36(2):122-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2011.04.005. Epub 2011 Apr 23. PMID: 21664530
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A Message From President Michael Bassis
Westminster College occupies a unique place in the landscape of higher education within Utah and across the intermountain West. As a private, comprehensive, liberal arts college, we are the only school of our kind in the state and one of the very few in the region. Our curricula integrate liberal and professional studies and our pedagogies blend theory and practice. At the very heart of the college is a deep concern for students and their learning.
I have served as the president of Westminster College for only a few months, and already I am enormously impressed with the richness, vitality, and diversity of the conversations that occur among students and faculty, including those that occur outside the classroom. I believe that many of the ideas we discuss are of interest to people far removed from our campus. Thus we developed Westminster Matters in an effort to share some of the important topics of discussion here.
This first issue contains the address I delivered recently at my official inauguration ceremony.
Some Things I Believe
There are some occasions when it is appropriate, perhaps even important, to speak of things that are more fundamental, more consequential, more significant. A presidential inauguration is one of those occasions. At the same time, however, inauguration speeches, coming as they do after so many kind words of welcome, ought to be mercifully brief. The goal is to take very little time to say something important. I'm tempted to sit down right now. But to be brief is a very difficult thing to do, especially for someone who has spent his entire career in an enterprise where brevity, while valued, is almost never practiced, even by those with little to say. And I suspect you are here today, in part, to see if I do have anything to say. But I will do my best to be brief. Let me share with you some things I believe.
I believe I have one of the very best jobs in American higher education. At its core, my job entails being a good steward for a very good college and its valuable resources. And these resources are many: students who are bright, and eager, and disciplined; a talented, dedicated, and seemingly tireless group of faculty and staff; a distinguished and engaged board of trustees (who certainly demonstrated their capacity for exercising good judgment during their recent search for a new president); experienced administrators who manage the daily operations and the fiscal affairs of the college exceedingly well; campus facilities that are wonderfully designed and maintained; a large cadre of loyal and generous supporters, and widespread recognition as an institution of quality. But beyond all of these wonderful resources, there is a special quality that has defined and distinguished the college throughout its history and that has endeared it to so many. Although its mission has evolved since its founding 128 years ago, and although it has experienced at least its fair share of misfortune over time, Westminster College has always been a very good college because of one simple fact: The faculty and staff of the college care deeply about students and the quality of their learning. While this characteristic may not have been so unusual in previous eras, it is all too rare today.
At the heart of the matter, at the very soul of the college, are the deep commitments that the Westminster faculty has to student learning. These commitments are manifest in the time that faculty devote to their teaching, in the remarkable efforts they make to connect with students, in the care with which they encourage and support the teaching efforts of other faculty, and in the standards they uphold when evaluating a colleague's teaching. It is manifest in the stories that faculty tell about the memorable moments in their careers and in the colleagues they identify as their role models. One senior member of the faculty described the deep concern for students and their learning that the Westminster faculty share as a sacred trust, one that is passed on from one generation of faculty to another.
Yes, I am in my honeymoon period at Westminster, and honeymooners do have a tendency to see only the best. But I have been on more than my fair share of honeymoons over the course of my 30-year career and I'm not as easily fooled by first impressions as I might have been in the past. I find the depth of Westminster's commitment to students and their learning to be exceedingly rare and precious.
We can all remember the good teachers we have had; people who touched us deeply; who challenged and supported us and who captured our imagination, our attention, and our respect; teachers whose lessons continue to inform our lives. When I talk with Westminster College alumni, as well as with current students, they never, absolutely never, fail to emphasize that it's the teachers they have had who have made their experience at Westminster so special. When I talk with members of the Westminster College faculty about such matters, they never fail to mention that it's not the teaching that counts, it's the students and their learning.
Being a good steward of a college that cares so deeply about students and their learning is, for me, a labor of love. But simply being a good steward isn't enough to keep me fully engaged. I do need challenges. The challenge for me is to help a very good college become great. And I do believe that Westminster aspires to be a great college. The Board of Trustees has shared with me its great pride in the accomplishments of the college over the last two decades. At the same time it conveyed its strong sense that the college must continue to build on its strengths, elevate its sights, and expand its expectations for itself and its students. My conversations with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the college suggest that their ambitions for the college match those of the trustees.
I believe that Westminster College is eager to set an ambitious agenda for itself, an agenda that will help us to move from good to great (Collins, Jim. Good to Great, New York: Harper Business, 2001), to borrow a phrase from the title of a recent book. Moreover, I believe the agenda, expressed in the form of a new strategic plan, must be grounded in a clear, coherent, and compelling statement of educational purpose and accompanied by explicit goals for student learning. With a clear educational vision as the focal point for our institutional planning efforts, we can align our programs, our policies, and our practices, and we can allocate our resources to support what matters most, namely our educational priorities. That is the only way for a college or university to move from good to great.
In addition, I believe our plan must reflect the core values and enduring strengths of the college. Certainly, any plan for Westminster College must honor and encourage the continuing commitment of faculty and staff to our students and their learning. Certainly any plan must embrace our continuing efforts to blend and balance the liberal arts and professional studies.
I believe our plan must be designed to develop an educationally distinctive, learning-centered environment. To become distinctive means that we must develop an educational signature that differentiates Westminster College from other comprehensive liberal arts colleges across the country. If our signature can blend an important strength of the college with an important value, interest, or need in society, and if our signature is both sensible to the head and appealing to the heart(Kotter, John P. Leading Change. p. 66, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Business School Press, 1996), I have no doubt that it will generate great enthusiasm and support among students, alumni, and friends of the college as well as among faculty and staff. It will also generate added visibility for the college beyond the Intermountain states.
I believe our plan must be built to last for the foreseeable future and that it must be accompanied by a comprehensive implementation plan. And, if we are serious about moving from good to great, I believe our plan must be bold and not timid. I believe we should begin to develop Westminster College as a nationally recognized institution.
Furthermore, I believe that the process we use to develop the plan is almost as important as the plan itself. I believe that if we employ an open, highly inclusive and participatory process we will be able to tap into the collective wisdom that can emerge from a dialogue among multiple stakeholders, each of whom sees the college from a different angle of vision. I believe that, if we employ a highly collaborative process involving faculty, staff, students, alumni, trustees, and other friends of the college, we will be able to tap into an enormous wellspring of energy and creativity and commitment. Such qualities only emerge when people feel a genuine sense of ownership of a plan, ownership that develops as people actively participate in its creation. The issue of ownership is particularly important for faculty and staff. Since they will be on the frontlines of any and all efforts to execute an educational plan, faculty and staff must have the enthusiasm and the commitment for the task that comes only from helping to create the plan in the first place. Indeed, if the faculty and staff of the college are among the principal architects of our plans, I have no doubt that Westminster will blossom as never before.
My responsibilities in the planning process are to charge the institution with the task, to explain its importance and to set the ground rules for how to proceed. And yes, I would like to have a voice in the deliberations. As you might have imagined, I have been thinking about these issues for a long time and I do have ideas, absolutely superb ideas I might add, that I hope to contribute to the deliberations. Permit me to share just a few.
I believe that, in American higher education, some types of learning have been too long neglected. Certainly we want students to acquire certain intellectual skills and capacities, including skills in writing, oral expression, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking. Certainly we want students to understand the kinds of questions that are pertinent to different areas of intellectual endeavor and the methodologies available for addressing these questions. We want them to understand the social contexts in which they live and how, why, and with what consequences these contexts continue to change. We want them to learn to appreciate the arts and humanities. But there are certain kinds of learning that deserve more attention than they currently receive.
First, I believe we need to pay more attention to helping students develop the capacity to deal productively with people they experience as different, different with respect to such things as gender, religion, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation. I believe we do our students, and perhaps our society, a great disservice if we don't help students develop both the wisdom and the skill to overcome the many barriers to cross-cultural understanding. Despite the challenges that this type of learning can involve, our increasing interdependence, both nationally and internationally, makes it imperative that we succeed at helping students build bridges across the boundaries that separate one group of people from another.
Second, I believe we need to pay more attention to helping students deepen their ethical and moral sensitivities. The great questions facing contemporary society are not questions of knowledge or fact. They are questions of ethics and values. While attending to such matters may be the responsibility of families and churches, schools, including colleges, can, and I believe should, assume responsibility as well. Almost everything that happens within a school presents an opportunity to teach values. Matters of what is fair, what is right, what is just, what is virtuous, and what is important are present in almost every encounter in school, inside and outside the classroom. By attending more self-consciously to the potential of these encounters we can help our students develop their capacities for making sound value judgments, resolving ethical dilemmas, using ethical considerations in decision making, and honoring high standards for individual and social responsibility.
Third, I believe we need to pay more attention to helping students develop the interpersonal skills and orientations that will enable them to be effective in the full range of their interactions with others. We spend most of our lives in social settings where a good deal of our satisfaction and success turns on our skills at interpersonal relations. Negotiating differences, resolving conflicts, working effectively in teams, and collaborating in problem-solving and decision-making activities are skills that are increasingly essential in modern life. And these skills can be developed as easily and through the same methods as the intellectual skills we currently emphasize.
Finally, I believe we need to pay more attention to helping students develop their capacities for civic engagement. Across the country there is a growing recognition that colleges and universities must do more to help prepare students to become responsible members of a democratic society. And we know that some of our newest pedagogies, community-service learning, problem-based learning, and collaborative learning, are effective strategies for giving students both the skills and the orientations they will need. But perhaps the most effective strategy for helping students with this important learning is for all of us to model the behavior we hope they will learn as we participate in the affairs of the college.
I know that individual faculty in both our professional and our liberal arts programs attend seriously to many of these important learning goals. But I believe that the whole can be greater, much greater, than the sum of its parts. Institutions with clearly articulated and coherent educational purposes, institutions that set explicit goals for student learning, are more powerful educational environments than those that do not.
But it is Westminster's deep commitment to students and their learning that is the college's defining trait and the foundation on which we will build an even more powerful educational environment. To highlight my own dedication to student learning, and to ensure that external audiences become aware that this trait is an important institutional hallmark, I am taking this opportunity to announce the formation of the President's Ambassadorial Corps at Westminster College. Presidential Ambassadors are a small cadre of students, selected through a highly competitive process, who will take turns accompanying me whenever I leave the campus to represent the college. Along the way I will teach them everything I have learned, more often than not the hard way, about how best to represent oneself and one's institution to different audiences. Their representation of the college is sure to convey the value of the Westminster experience in more authentic and memorable ways than any president could hope to do. My enthusiasm for this idea was so strong that I considered asking one of the Ambassadors to write and deliver this inaugural address. (My enthusiasm can indeed get out of hand.)
Moving from good to great is easier said than done. The effort will require great courage and great persistence. It will also require a willingness to question old assumptions and to expand one's thinking about what is possible. I wouldn't be here if I didn't think it could be done or if I didn't think it was worth doing. I wouldn't be here if I didn't think you would be willing to work alongside me toward this common goal.
I believe in Westminster College and I am honored to serve as your 16th president. I pledge to you the best that I have to give.
Michael S. Bassis


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JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
It�s about time, some might say, that Mancos had its own Open Studios Tour. And come Saturday, the small, burgeoning arts community finally will.
Both big names and small will open their homes and studios to the public and provide a hint of insight into the world of the Mancos artist.
Last year�s Durango Open Studios tour featured many artists from the Mancos area, but an overwhelming response from artists and patrons inspired the tours to split.
The 16 participating artists are spread throughout bucolic riverside landscapes, dusty sage vistas and pine-encrusted hillsides, making the tour as much a geological review as one for art.
�Artists choose to be way out in the middle of nowhere,� organizer Denise Leslie said. �And those are usually the really interesting spots.�
Returning this year is internationally renowned bronze sculptor Veryl Goodnight, whose work will be viewable at her downtown Mancos gallery and at her studio in the mountains above town.
Visitors to Goodnight�s studio will be immersed in the same setting where her romanticized depictions of Western life are conceptualized. Her downtown location, The Goodnight Trail Gallery, also will host oil painter Susan Hediger-Matteson, who, like many artists in the area, is finding fine art as a second, well-worth-waiting-for career.
�Everyday, I�m hearing about some new artist that lives out that way,� Leslie said. �I think it�s really a thriving little arts community that�s pulling the artists together and making a name for Mancos.�
Recently highlighted in the Chicago Daily Herald, Mancos currently has more galleries per capita than any other arts community in the country � including Santa Fe and New York.
Just across the street from The Goodnight Trail Gallery is Artisans of Mancos, a cooperative, artist-run gallery. Potter and landscape painter J. Milton Beens, mixed-media artist Jay Johnson and jeweler Patty Russell will be present at the gallery to present and discuss their work.
Artisans of Mancos is a good starting point on the tour as the gallery represents an astonishing variety of mediums and artists.
Though half of the 16 artists are in town, half the fun of the Mancos Open Studios Tour will be finding the remaining ones in the remote outstretches of the area.
About five miles outside of Mancos are the 10 lakeside cabins of Willowtail Springs, where painter and sculptor Peggy Cloy has made her home since 1993.
After leaving a successful artistic career of 20 years in Seattle, Cloy revitalized the property, transforming Willowtail Springs into a rural retreat for artists, writers and vacationers. Cloy�s abstracts offer a deep and insightful view into the spirituality and personal connection to landscape.
�My experience is that anybody who is interested in or collecting art wants to be in the creative environment. They want to know the artist,� Cloy said. �They want to see what environment the artist has put themselves in.�
Also worth the drive is watercolorist Jan Wright�s earthen-roof home. The soon-to-be artist-in-residence at Mesa Verde softly depicts the ancient cliff dwellings with a magical sense of light and space. Though her home and workspace are on a distant corner of the Open Studios map, it is certainly not to be missed.
�I love showing off my home and studio to people because it lets them see why I paint the way I do,� Wright said. �To have that personal connection with the artist makes (their art) much more valuable to them in their heart and their soul.�
Leslie hopes that art lovers take advantage of the inaugural tour of Mancos, wherever they may live.
�It�s a beautiful drive and totally worth it,� Leslie said. �It�s an adventure in the arts.�
Margaret Hedderman is a freelance writer based in Durango. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The word "bling" had not yet been invented when my old faithful dictionary sported its latest upgrade, but my use of an online dictionary confirms that something with bling is rather flashy. So, today, I am going to address winter bling in the garden.
Walking my dogs through residential neighborhoods in the winter is not nearly as interesting as it is in the summer months when there are flowers, trees and shrubs to catch the eye. But there are gardens that still manage to appeal, even though most of the color has been leached out.
Winter interest can be created through attractive shapes, including trees, shrubs and even the remnants of summer perennials, as well as through the colors of berries and twigs and the waving plumes of ornamental grasses.
I love grasses in the cold season. There are so many to choose from, ranging from the tallest miscanthus and sea oats to the Japanese Blood Grass, various Fountain grasses, maiden grass and the low fescues. Although they do not offer flowers, most grasses have plumes in late summer and fall, and the foliage may be silver-green, icy blue, purple or many variegated shades of gree.
I never cut mine back in the fall, although that is an option, but I love to see the plumes waving in the wind outside my windows, and they are especially beautiful loaded with feathery snow.
I think differently about them for a short while in the early spring when those great heavy stems need to be cut down and hauled away,
but the winter beauty is worth it.
Berries certainly produce winter bling. Anyone fortunate enough to have hollies has a ready-made supply of Christmas decorations, and in some varieties, the berries last through the winter.
I moved my beauty berry last spring from the front sidewalk area to a spot by the back door, where it has more room to spread. It sulked for a while, and did not produce as many clumps of the beautiful purple berries as usual, but those that did appear have lasted much longer than usual in this mild early winter, and are a lovely sight peeking through the snow.
Other shrubs with attractive berries that do well in our area are some varieties of viburnum, the red chokeberry, barberries and hardy types of cotoneaster.
Shrubs that have colored bark stand out well in snowy weather, with the red twigs of the Siberian dogwood coming to mind. Those with contorted twigs such as Harry Lauder's Walking Stick or corkscrew hazel also show up well after the leaves have fallen.
Some permanent structures such as fences or trellises take on a new look when the surrounding vegetation is gone for a few months. A mild winter day is a good time to take a walk round the garden noting improvements that can be made in the spring.
A few perennials that hold their shapes well, such as Autumn Joy sedum and the silver dusty miller (which is really an annual but often sprouts anew in the spring), retain some interest in the otherwise empty flower beds.
Before we know it, there will be snowdrops and crocuses peeking up and taking our attention away from the quieter and more subdued tones of winter.
Just take a look around while you are outside one cold day, and see how much bling you can discover.
Janet Del Turco is a local gardener and a graduate of the Ohio State University Master Gardener program. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.