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Strong Foundations

February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 CastleValleyMill

February: chilly, damp, gray, and in my honest opinion, the worst of all the months. But it is home to Valentine’s Day, a mostly commercialized holiday we all must endure, […]

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Grits Snob

January 15, 2021January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

I am a grits snob.  I didn’t used to be.  I was raised on grits and taught by my mama to amp up the taste of quick grits with a […]

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Castle Valley Christmas

December 18, 2020January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

In December each year, Castle Valley speaks Christmas. I was 13 years old when our family celebrated our first Christmas there. First of all, my father gathered the family into […]

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Bringing Home the Colors of Fall

October 26, 2020January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

  What does Fall mean? Usually, it means celebration.  Crowding around the table with friends and family, traveling from state to state to get those annual visits in, and the on-ramp […]

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Stone in the Rough

September 8, 2020January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

Every so often, the creek floods and uncovers what’s been hidden for years- even decades. Ancient relics have been hidden away under years of gravel and mud. Hidden from the […]

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Sourdough Baby

July 20, 2020January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

“There was a time when the word from which lady sprang meant a ‘loaf-kneader’. To our own and our families’ distinct profit–and with little effort–we housewives can become ‘ladies’ again” […]

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Family Fresh

June 29, 2020January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

It’s been hot – has it not?  The summer days are rolling steadily through our little valley, bringing nothing less than the humidity and the heat of a Pennsylvania summer.  […]

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Oasis

June 15, 2020January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

Working and living at Castle Valley, you learn to be ever-encroached upon, and encroaching on, nature. In the mill, it’s cave crickets in the basement. Outside, it’s Northern Water Snakes, […]

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A Castle In A Storm

June 5, 2020January 29, 2021 CastleValleyMill

As all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a resounding effect on the restaurant business and the food industry as a whole.  From food shortages, plant closures, and the complete […]

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