pernst's blog

Although we have technically been open for business after the quarantine for almost a year, things around here are finally feeling open.  We have had occasional visitors – two or four at a time – especially in our Carriage House Cottage.  We sat folks at separate tables in the dining room or the living rooms, exchange pleasantries as they came and went from their rooms, but the laughter and comradery of meeting new friends and sharing stories was missing.

It was Sisters’ Day.  My friend Sadie, two of her sisters, and a niece were going up to another sister’s home in Ephrata to help her catch up with some sewing for her brood of babies.  Sadie called and asked me if I might have the time to ride them up there so that more time could be spent sewing and not in traveling in the carriage.  

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve lived a charmed life…..or blessed life….whichever is your personal perspective.  So many of you visit this beautiful place time and time again and report back to us on Facebook and Instagram or in person that you consider this house your “home away from home”.  Well remarkably, this is my home, and I, like you, love being here.