Colonial Plantation, Tavern Night and new books

With all the rain this weekend, it is not the best time to be out. BUT there are things going on.

Ridley Creek State Park
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

Saturday and Sunday

September 24th, and 25th.

Farm Chores 

Whenever you see farm chores you know that it will be a peaceful day where you can play "colonial" and enjoy the serenity of the farm. You are invited to work on a project or skill that you want to do

Savor the Past: Tavern Night Fundraiser at Newlin Grist Mill

 When: Saturday September 24, 2011

Time:  7:00pm-9:30pm

Where: Newlin Grist Mill | 219 South Cheyney Road |  Glen Mills, PA 19342 | www.newlingristmill.org

Cost:   $40.00 per person

In celebration of the Nicholas Newlin Foundation’s 50th anniversary, we are holding an evening of sights, sounds, and flavors of the 18th century.  Tavern Night will be held September 24th in the log cabin at Newlin Grist Mill.  Go to my website for more information delawarecountyhistory.com

And last by not least 3 good reads by Mark Dixon of Radnor

New Books by Mark Dixon The books can be ordered from the magazine's website -- https://subs.mainlinetoday.com/subscriptions/book.php -- as well as from the Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites.  They are also in local bookstores - B&N, Chester County Books & Music, etc.  The magazine's price is $19.79, plus $3.99 shipping and handling.  Cover price is $19.99 for the Delaware and Chester County books, and $21.99 for the Main Line book. About the Author Mark E. Dixon has lived in the Delaware Valley since 1987, when he moved from Texas to a Drexel Hill apartment complex where American Bandstand’s Dick Clark once lived. Though not himself a native, he grew up hearing about “the beautiful city of Philadelphia” from his mother, who moved here in 1945 to do social work and ended up marrying a Hahnemann University medical student from Michigan. And the roots go deeper: Dixon’s mother chose Philadelphia based on stories told by her grandmother. In 1886, Dixon’s great-grandmother—a descendant of some of the region’s earliest settlers—was a shopgirl at Wanamaker’s Grand Court, opposite city hall in Philadelphia. And there, though it was surely against John Wanamaker’s rules, great-grandmother let herself be romanced by—and later married—a midwestern Quaker who was in town on business but needing a pair of gloves. Those tales provided a window into the area’s history, later supplemented by Dixon’s joining the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) -- which, he observes, is practically a historical society itself.