HAPPY NEW YEAR! After a slow start to the winter weather season, at last we have a couple of nice snows to make the village beautiful and screw up everyone’s travel, be it local or long distance. Now we’re back into the wintery mix experience, oh well.
We are up and running along quite merrily here at the House. After a brief break to install new kitchen counters, do some small repairs and paint a portion of the Carriage House, I believe we are now pretty spiffy, for a nearly 170 year old house. There is always a ‘honeydo’ list, but we made some good progress this month.
While the weather has been challenging, it doesn’t stop the dogs or me. In recent ramblings the pups and I have flushed some bluebirds and a juvenile bald eagle (a very exciting experience, always). Just last week a yellow-bellied sapsucker was pecking away at the pine tree out front.
Kenyon’s spring semester is in full swing now with many activities to keep parents busy and, hopefully, visiting. The basketball teams are doing quite well this season and the Drama department will perform Hamlet at the beginning of February.
If the snow keeps up there will be some nice cross country skiing to be found as well as winter hiking on many trails, including the Kokosing Gap Trail, the Brown Family Environmental Center and various Knox Co. parks.
We’ve got the fireplaces going and hearty breakfasts on the menu, we hope you’ll stay over and join us up on the hill.
E.J. Heer, Innkeeper
Hotspur and Pogo
