The Beaver Valley Bonfire and Hayride moved to next Saturday

The Beaver Valley Bonfire and Hayride event is moving next Saturday, 4/29, due to the rain from 5 to 9 p.m. at Ramsey's Farm We're almost there -we have only $175k left to raise to purchase the land. Please continue to donate online this week, and help make next Saturday a celebration! http://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/get-involved/save-beaver-valley Save the Valley

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Wellness, Jackie’s Way: Reasons to plant a garden

It seems tempting to pick up fresh vegetables at the market especially when we have so many options for terrific markets in our neighborhoods. There’s Wegmans, Whole Foods, Fresh Market, Trader Joe’s, Costco and more. However, the nature of the American Food System means that fruit, vegetables and herbs found in these markets have often been grown hundreds of miles from our kitchens. And then…

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Mind Matters: Are you thinking?

Years ago, in 1963, Hannah Arendt, a political philosopher, wrote about Adolf Eichman, the Nazi who murdered millions of Jews. Her book was titled “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil.” Arendt observed that Eichmann did not start out as an “anti-Semitic monster” but was a “normal person who had what was for his time a normal upbringing and education,” said Elizabeth Minnich…

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