Just kidding. One should not run or tongue wrestle in public.
Still a nice place to visit though.
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mmm...bacon
So not only is bacon a tasty snack anytime of day, for me it illicits fine memories of waking up at my grandparents Becket homestead to Product 19 cereal with frozen bluberries.
In tribute to this fine food stuff, which you can get locally raised and smoked at Holiday Farms, I offer this bacon recipes. Enjoy!
Bacon, Kale, and Asparagus
This recipe came into being one night when I was lazy and hungry. I ate it as a main meal, but it could also be a side dish or tossed with some yummy pasta.Chop Bacon and cook in frying pan till about three quarters done. Drain excess bacon grease add kale and asparagus and cook over medium heat covered, stirring occassionally until vegetables are done as well as you like your veggies done.
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Check out Rural Intelligence’s recent post “Look @ Us!” A Breath of Fresh Air at the Berkshire Museum .
Thanks to the museum’s new, hard won HVAC (Heating Ventillation Air Conditioning) system, items are on view from the collection that have never before been exhibited.
I must admit I do have fond memories of the Berkshire Museum of my childhood; the glow in the dark room, the nocturnal taxidermied animals in the dark hallway.
If you are Berkshire born and bred, and as long as your parents were not heathens who wouldn’t let you go on school field trips, you know what I mean.
Despite these pangs of nostalgia, I am ecstatic to see the Berkshire Museum come into itself. My personal favorites of the current exhibition are the museum’s outstanding collection of George Seeley photogrpahs, which I have been told is only a sampling of a much larger collection.
Here’s to seeing what else comes out of that basement!
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Somewhat off the beaten path, the Becket Quarry can be an eerie place to visit. Strewn with the the debris of its industrial past, the quarry was once and still is somewhat a local hang out (as evidenced by the coors light cans).
The parcel became the property of the Becket Land Trust in the early 00’s, to avoid its reopening as a working quarry.
Up until then, the quarry existed without plaques, markers or trail maps. Only those who knew where to find it, were privy to the quietly decaying machinery, rock piles, black water, jump off the rope swing <now removed>, and possibility of lock jaw and
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I recently had an elightening conversation with a good friend. She was bemoaning her fellow business owners berating her about
“how are we going to make this town <insert hip city here>?”.
We both agreed that to try to shove our little city, which is in the throws of lifting itself from years of economic desperation, into some preconcieved notion of what is hip, is plain stupid. Not to mention, for me annoying.
If I wanted to be in one of those so called hip cities, I would be.
Please do not mistake my intentions here. I love that there are two theatres, a museum, restuarants, coffee shops, galleries and more to come-all within in walking distance. But what I dream of for this little hamlet is that we do not become just like all those other cities. That as the city grows and evolves, it maintains a level of ‘realness’ that is true to all of its residents. A sustainable community, in all senses, because the thing about becoming a hot spot is that eventually you become cold.
So here is my little contribution to that effort. A blog highlighting what is unique, real and local about this area. Enjoy!
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