<p>It&#8217;s Saturday, 18th October at 6:30 AM and I leave the house to drive to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to meet with the Executive Committee members of the Horn Guild. I haven&#8217;t eaten and plan on the egg and sausage sandwich purchased on the Pennsylvania Turnpike maybe an hour away. Traffic is light and moving fast for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>August of 2014 has been truly one to remember here in New Jersey. We have had less heat and humidity than anyone can recall. The favorable, non-humid weather was granted at Dixon&#8217;s Gunmakers Fair and the Summer Reception too. Relief was seen on all of the happy faces for sure. Speaking of Dixon&#8217;s, we had [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; On Friday, July 25th, my wife and I got an early start to Dixon&#8217;s happy with the weather report that an unexpected late July break in the normal heat was in the weekend forcast. I had read an early e-mail that Horn Book editor Bill Carter was not coming , and I was met [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>The calendar says it is not quite Summer, but all week here in central New Jersey it&#8217;s been 85 and humid.  Not that I am complaining, especially after a prolonged winter 2013-2014.  It sure is hot without a breeze. Fortunately our old farmhouse sits among sturdy shade trees and the open fields to the Southwest let  breezes flow [&hellip;]</p>