in transylvania county, the manner family is big news.
here's a little snippet from the thursday, june 7 transylvania times, see off news section...
"would you believe the see off mountain homesteaders had a drum circle monday evening? there was the usual yummy potluck supper. then about three dozen percussion instruments, from buckets to bongo drums to tambourines, were brought out and after elaborate instructions by nancy richards lasting about 20 second, she started a rhythm and everyone else joined in for a few minutes of joyful beating. this was repeated several times with different rhythm starters and different rhythms. everybody had a good time, including 100-year-old maner ware and 2-year-old cora manner
cora's father, eric, manner, has a passion for gardening. he has worked in nurseries, so he knows a lot about horticulture. right now he's tending to 120 tomato plants in his garden. for his birthday he was given a broadfork, a tool with tines that you stand on to work into densely packed soil, which eric says is like using a tiller but with your own muscles and no motor.
cora's mother wendi [ed note: I love that she misspelled my name because her name is "wendy", too. like it couldn't be possible that we both spelled our names the traditional boring way. like I must be way out there with my yogurt making and weird name-spelling] likes to make yogurt from goat's milk. she and marjorie masters, whose husband aaron raises goats on their mini-farm, spent some time monday evening discussing and comparing their methods for yogurt making."
there's a little more see off news, but those are the exciting manner highlights. at the potluck we also saw eric's aunt phyllis. I can't remember how exactly she's tied into the family, but it is pretty strange that she lives half the year less than a mile from our house. never a dull moment at a see off potluck, that's for sure.
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