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Raspberry harvest – fall 2022

John Willis

Mon, Nov 14

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Tails from Beacon Hollow Farm

As the Thanksgiving season approaches us and with winter close behind, we think of the harvest. There is a certain amount of solace in the harvest whether it be apples, flowers, hay or berries. Something that you have planted, nurtured and cultivated is always something to admire. I have had red...
Wreck of the Green Arrow and a Lost Dog

John Willis

Fri, Sep 23

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Tails from Beacon Hollow Farm

It was a cold, clear December morning on Block Island, the year 1996. At the morning coffee group at that time at Bethany’s Airport Diner, talk of a night wreck below the bluffs just around the bend from the Southeast Light to the east was in discussion. Apparently a well-equipped fishing dragger...
A Story about Diane

John Willis

Fri, May 27

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Tails from Beacon Hollow Farm

This is a story of the life of a plain and simple person who lived on an island out on the sea. Her name was Diane (Jones) and that explains who she was, nothing more. If you lived on this island, you would have known Diane. She was seemingly around the inner town on any given day that she wasn’t...
Old Yaller

John Willis

Fri, Apr 8

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Tails from Beacon Hollow Farm

Living on a farm no matter how small or large and living with animals is a great feature of life if you are lucky enough to manage it. Observing Mother Nature is at its best watching free-range ducks, chickens, goats, cats and the rest, fenced in but with plenty of open space. Hens are providing us...
The Kitten

John Willis

Wed, Jan 26

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Tails from Beacon Hollow Farm

The farm at Beacon Hollow is a refuge for all animals big and small, and made up of essentially farm animals that were born and raised here or near here. Then we have “drop offs” that come in and others that might wander away to the sounds of nature such as roosters. There are eight to 10 resident...