Main Street Flora and Ruby were not pale waifs shivering under threadbare blankets. They were just Flora and Ruby Northrop, whose parents had died in a car accident and who were now going to live with their grandmother, Min, in Camden Falls.
Let the Holidays Begin
After an unusually cool and rainy Hudson Valley summer, we were rewarded with a gorgeous, picture-perfect autumn. The days have been crisp and sunny, and the fall foliage was magnificent. With the exception of the oak trees, all the leaves are long gone, and many people are predicting a hard winter. One of the reasons for this prediction is the unusually high number of acorns produced by the oaks, presumably to supply the squirrels with enough food for a long winter.