Sheltering with the Loons

The General Store, Part 3: Let Me Out of Here!

According to the Bible, once every seven years a sabbatical year is proclaimed. At that time the land lies fallow and renews itself. Roger and Jane Daby represented a variation on the sabbatical year. Every seven years they put the general store up for sale. If the store was sold they would take a…

The General Store, Part 2: A Full Cup

Click Here to Listen: For those of us who were summer residents, Daby’s General Store filled our basic needs: a greeting in the morning after a jog into town for the morning paper, a loaf of Freihofer’s bread, or a jar of peanut butter to satisfy a grandchild’s desire. With the peanut butter came…