Tag Archives: apple cider

Focusing on Fruit

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Fifteen gallons of sweet, pure unadulterated apple juice. Much better than four hundred pounds of ruined apples.
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A Good Blending

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Whenever we join in common purpose of doing what is good, what is kind, what is lovely, we yield a harvest better than its fruit. Continue reading →

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Cider Makin’ at the Old Folks’ Home

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It was a fine day for cider-making at the residential care facility, cloudy but warm with the full color of fall showing in the trees. Continue reading →

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The Glory of Purpose

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Doc Arnett

These may well be the ugliest apple trees I have ever seen, Continue reading →

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One Piece at a Time

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Whether you’re talking about mills or marriages, or a whole lot of other things, fixing one part is a start to things working better. Continue reading →

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Fresh-Milled Memories

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I remember early autumns of my adolescence, helping make cider on the farm and in Kelvie Nicholson’s orchard, swapping turns at the heavy crank.

Tonight, for the first time, I miss my Dad.
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