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June 2021
Tom and Emily Loving Every Day
Cover photo by Benoit Cortet
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June is the start of summer, a time to appreciate the warm weather and work on outdoor hobbies. It represents a time to step outside of your comfort zone and discover something you never thought you would. Our cover story this month is one that certainly brings this idea to the surface. Emily Vickers and Tom Mason, married for 32 years and owners of Van Dyke Farm in Hopewell Borough, embody what following your heart can truly do for your life. Everyone can learn something from this thought; your mind tells you what is smart, but your heart tells you what you’re going to do anyway. That’s what Emily and Tom have learned throughout their lives and continue to do so every day. This month’s feature not only discusses following your heart, but how doing something unexpected can open new doors you didn’t even know existed. Emily left New York City, a place she loved, to live with Tom on the New Jersey farm. Together they discovered their love of gardening and even opened a greenhouse on their 25th wedding anniversary. Too many people are afraid to extend themselves outside of what they know because they are afraid – but that isn’t any way to live your life. Living is about doing what makes you happy, and the money is just a bonus. I hope you enjoy Emily and Tom’s story and can think about how you can benefit from leaving your comfort zone. Publisher: Rachel Donington, 609-462-6786
Speaking with Emily and Tom this month reminded me to find the things in my daily life that spark joy; there is always something new to discover, something new to learn. Their story follows a life-changing move from corporate New York City to farm-life in New Jersey. Through it all, they remained a team, and never stopped loving each other. Their story teaches us the importance of living in love–love for each other, love for life, love for growing with each coming season. I hope you enjoy their story. Content Coordinator: Catherine Bialkowski
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In The Arts
Community connection is what it’s all about!
Eleanor Baker
Celebrating 100 Years
By Carol Lipson | Hopewell Valley Arts Council Board of Trustees
By Peter Bialkowski
Graduating from college, publishing a novel, or climbing Mount Everest are all dreams that can be achieved through determination. Not many people, however, can say they’ve made it to 100 years on earth. For Hopewell’s own Eleanor Baker, that’s one dream that’s about to come true. May 1, 1921 was the day Eleanor was born to Jacob and Agnes Marut, and would still be celebrating her birthday a century later. She grew up on a farm right by Lambertville Hopewell Road, where she worked and took care of the farm animals. “All we had was the shirts on our backs,” says Eleanor. Married to the late John W. Baker, she had three sons, John, Ken, and Harry. She now has two grandsons, John and Shawn, and three great grandsons, Nathen, Branden, and Trevor.
ment. One fire truck from each department in the area came to drive by her house and celebrate 100 years. A celebration followed, and Eleanor’s loved ones gave ger a toast. Hopewell Township mayor, Julie Blake, attended the party as well. The Bishop of The Archdiocese of Trenton also sent a greeting to Eleanor to wish her a happy birthday. 100 years is remarkable in itself, and Eleanor has stayed in the Hopewell area for it all. “Hopewell is great for any young family. The churches are close by and the schools are good,” Ken says. Eleanor has countless memories of Hopewell and saw it evolve throughout the years. “Practice your faith, respect and love your family, treat others as you want to be treated, and always be a law abiding citizen,” is Eleanor’s advice for a long and happy life.
Eleanor attended the Harbourton School, known as the Little Red School House, until grade eight. Later, she graduated from Central High School in Hopewell Township in 1940. She’s Catholic, and married her husband in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Trenton. “She was part of the parish and volunteered at the church,” says Ken. Also attending St. James in Pennington, her faith is very important to her.
• Upcycle Garland and MORE: On Thursday, June 10 from 6 to 8 p.m., swing by for some fun as we team up with the Hopewell Township Rec Department and Public Works at Woolsey Park. Kids and adults are invited to help make decorations for our new event, The Junkyard: an upcycle art exhibition, to be held from July 23 to 25. We’ll be making upcycled garlands to decorate The Junkyard, using bottle caps, plastic bottles, and fabric scraps. • Kids Junk Project ArtConnect Workshop: On Saturday, June 12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m., join us for our first art workshop on the grounds of the Hopewell Train Station. In this hourlong workshop, children can pick from one of two projects, suitable to be entered into the “Kids Zone” at The Junkyard - artwork all made out of junk! Open to families with kids over 6 years of age. • Creative and up for a challenge? We need artists, artisans, and creatives for our newest community event -- The Junkyard: an upcycle art exhibition, taking place from July 2325. Registration ends June 30. Visit our website for details and registration: www.hvartscouncil.org/thejunkyard.
She met her husband at her first job, Heinemann Electric, in Trenton. Later working at Cointreau Liquors and Ribsam’s Florist, Eleanor was a hard worker. She worked on the farmhouse with her family. “Everyone had to work,” Ken says. There was no electricity or plumbing, and her family had to use the outhouse. Witnessing WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Great Depression, Eleanor is no stranger to major events in U.S. history. Later, she was very active in her children’s lives. Ken says, “She was so supportive of her kids.” She loved baseball and was a den mother when her sons were in Cub Scouts.
• Ssshhh… it’s still a secret… We’ve selected the 2021 HV Arts Council scholarship winners! Each year since 2015, the HV Arts Council has awarded scholarships to four Central High
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School students who exhibit a unique passion and dedication to the arts. These scholarships are a critical part of our mission to encourage creativity in the Hopewell Valley community. Winners are a secret until graduation… so stay tuned to the July issue of Hopewell Valley Neighbors for the winner’s names! Are you a member? Please consider becoming one! We need you now more than ever to keep the fun going. Visit www. hvartscouncil.org/membership.
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In more recent years, Eleanor has lived in Hopewell and spends time with her family. Her hobbies include word searches, bingo, and she even rode her stationary bike from age 80 to 99. Staying active both mentally and physically are very important to her. “Staying active is pivotal to how long she’s living,” Ken says. Most people don’t drive past 80, but Eleanor drove all the way until she turned 90. The beach is her happy place, and her son Ken takes her to Sea Girt every year to visit the ocean.
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A Message from Dan Keough By Dan Keough | Hopewell Township Tax Assessor
I’m Dan Keough, and I serve as the Hopewell Township Tax Assessor. My responsibilities are primarily to determine the value of properties throughout the Township, making sure residents receive appropriate and fair valuations for tax purposes. The entire Hopewell Valley community has struggled due to the pandemic over the past year, and our office has been limited in our contact with the public. We have made a tremendous effort to create inventive solutions to continue our work. As a public officer, I thought it important to share what we are doing now, and plan to do in the future, to serve the public. Even prior to the pandemic, the Township had prioritized information sharing. To that end, each department and the public has access to SDL software, which can be found at https://www.hopewelltwp.org/155/Building-Construction. This is a very helpful tool that allows permit filing, the monitoring of those filings, service and OPRA requests, and more. I have been the Hopewell Township Assessor for only three years, and this software has been invaluable to me for the retrieval of permit history, which allow me to determine the improvements and changes that have been made to a property. The current condition of each property, coupled with its permit history and other information, is how we determine current value on a property. It’s important to stress that accurate assessment of property in New Jersey is a foundation of our society. It determines the fair property tax each member of the community pays and the services each member receives. This foundation is as old as the country. When a member of the Hopewell Museum community brought by the tax lists for the Township from the 1920s and 30s, I was amazed to see how much change has occurred over the past 100 years. Looking at maps from
that same time and comparing them to the Hopewell History book, it is clear the impact families, many of them first members of the Valley and founders of the United States, had and continue to have on Hopewell history. Just like any house, the foundation of each property assessment needs to be continually reevaluated. The last full Township revaluation was in 2006. Each year assessments are reviewed, appeals solicited, and corrections are made. During the years following the last revaluation, some in our community struggled financially due to the economic turmoil of the time, and property values were affected as well. At that time our office was proactive in appropriately adjusting assessments across the Township, as was the County. Along with the Mercer County Tax Board, I have continued that approach. Despite the struggles of the early 2000s and our current crisis, there are signs of positive economic growth today, especially in the residential areas. The lockdowns that occurred over the past year were especially hard on people living in urban areas, and we are the beneficiaries of an historically unparalleled flight from those areas to open space communities like Hopewell Township. I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t share that as positively as the residential sector has been performing, the commercial space has not. It is in a state of transition. It is too soon to determine what the future will hold for these spaces, but we will continue the work of ensuring that everyone in Hopewell Township has a fair value for their property and pays only their fair share of taxes. Our new technologies, and openness to residents’ ideas, will help us monitor the growth of the Township while maintaining the community we all love. Dan can be reached at dkeough@hopewelltwp.org or 609-537-0222.
Mushroom Carbonara By Madison Farkas
The mushrooms are the star of the show in this nontraditional carbonara, which I saw on a restaurant menu and knew I had to figure out how to make. This dish is a little more labor-intensive than your usual weeknight fare, but worth it. If you’d prefer a vegetarian version, the meat is easily omitted! • 170 g / 6 oz pack guanciale, pancetta or bacon, cut into bitesized pieces
• Olive oil, as needed
• 1 lb / 16 oz long pasta
• 4 eggs
• 40 g / 1.5 oz assorted dried mushrooms (chanterelle, shitake, etc.)
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 lb / 16 oz portobello mushrooms, sliced
• 4 oz pecorino Romano cheese, grated
• ½ lb cremini mushrooms, sliced
• 4 Tbsp chives or basil
• 4 shallots, diced • 4 cloves garlic, minced
• Approx. 2 tsp black pepper, to taste
1. In a small bowl, pour warm water over the dried mushrooms until just covered. Soak approximately 20 minutes.
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3. In the same pot, add the fresh mushrooms over medium-high heat and sprinkle with a little salt to draw out moisture. Fry until most of the liquid is released and the mushrooms have softened and browned (about 10 to 15 minutes). 4. When the pasta water starts boiling, salt it generously and add the pasta, cooking it according to package directions. When the dry mushrooms are finished soaking, pour the soaking liquid into the pasta water as the pasta finishes cooking. Reserving the water, transfer the cooked pasta to a colander and toss it in a little olive oil to prevent sticking. 5. When the fresh mushrooms are cooked, place them in a separate bowl. In the same pot, fry shallots in a drizzle of olive oil until translucent, then add garlic and cook for another minute or until fragrant. While the shallots and garlic are cooking, whisk together the eggs, egg yolk, cheese and pepper in another separate bowl. 6. Add the cooked pasta to the pot with the shallots and toss. Pour the egg and cheese mixture over the pasta. Then, add about half a cup of pasta water. Toss vigorously to emulsify the sauce, adding more water if needed. Work quickly or you will get scrambled eggs in your pasta!
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2. While the mushrooms are soaking, bring a pot of water to a boil. Place the guanciale in another large pot off the heat. Then, increase the heat to medium and fry until just short of crispy. Place the bacon on a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
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7. Add the cooked and soaked mushrooms to the pasta. Toss to combine. Check for seasoning (you’ll probably need more pepper) and add chives or basil. 8. Serve with more chopped herbs and some grated pecorino for garnish. Reserve all the remaining pasta water for reheating later. Makes about 6 servings.
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and Loving Every Day By Catherine Bialkowski I Photos by Benoit Cortet
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om Mason and Emily Vickers have truly savored the lives they’ve lived, lives that have been bright with exuberance and joy. The couple met in New York City while working for the same high-profile advertising photographer—he was First Assistant and Location Scout, she the Studio Manager. “We worked together for a number of years before we noticed each other romantically,” says Emily. Once married, the couple decided to go into business together, starting Mason Vickers Productions, a media production company, based on the skills they’d each developed at the studio. They worked on the Got Milk? campaign for 17 years and have also worked on Porsche car ads and for other high-profile companies. Originally from a small town in Georgia, Emily had fallen in love with Manhattan when she moved there as a young woman. Tom was born and raised in Princeton, and inherited the Van Dyke Farm in Hopewell when his father passed away. Every moment of free time they had while running their production company—which was limited—they poured into the farm. “We were determined not only to restore and reclaim the buildings on the property, but also to maintain the character of the property as a farm,” says Tom. When the couple married in 1988, Emily could not see herself ever moving to a farm in New Jersey. “I was a diehard Manhattanite,” she says (in fact, she held onto her apartment in New York for almost 30 years). “I just loved the city.” When Tom finally convinced her to take a look around the property, though, it took her breath away. To Emily, the natural beauty of Hopewell is heaven. “I had a wonderful time in New York, but there is nothing like living in paradise.” Their 20-acre farm is surrounded by 360 acres of preserved land. “We see ourselves as stewards of this property,” says Tom. “It’s a spiritual endeavor for us in so many ways, living close to and off of the land.” The couple have chickens and goats, and their land is also inhabited by foxes, birds, and other animals. They have been working on the farm for about 35 years, and still view it as a work in progress. About 25 years ago, the couple decided to start growing a small vegetable garden. They picked out a spot on their property and put in a few raised beds, and Emily began to manage the garden. In 2015, Emily broke her ankle, and it was up to Tom to care for the garden
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Resident Feature while she healed. “By the next year I was barely allowed in the garden,” says Emily. “He had just gotten the bug.” Tom grows by the Four Season philosophy, and seems to have found a new passion. “He is realizing a dream I don’t think he even knew he had.” For their 25th wedding anniversary, the couple added a greenhouse to their beautiful garden. “It was my dream to have one,” says Emily. Last year, the garden had expanded to the point where they had surplus. Tom started to visit restaurants in the area that were interested in buying farm-to-table produce, and became known as “Tom the Farmer”; “he is known in one place as the garlic man, another as the lettuce man,” says Emily. “They love him.” As a farmer, Tom (who is totally self-taught) is scientific and methodical, and certainly “the star of this gardening business.” He researches everything thoroughly, and is keen to learn new ways of growing and planting. Around seven years ago, Tom and Emily became interested in growing shiitake mushrooms the original Japanese way, in oak logs. They get the spores from a mycologist, and are rewarded with fruitings all over the logs. “They come right out of the bark,” says Emily. “Some of them are as big as my palm.” Emily and Tom, who have been married for 32 years, are now retired—somehow, though, they are now busier than ever. Both are avid cyclists, and Tom is a certified BikeFit technician at Hopewell’s Sourland Cycles. Emily has her own small private Pilates practice “teaching people the joys of the pilates body.”
Emily, who has a background in art (she studied art history in graduate school at New York University), says she put her “more pleasurable artistic instincts on the back burner” while she and Tom were in the midst of running their successful business. Once they retired, she knew it was time to return to the art world. As a young woman, she owned a successful leather shop in Athens, Georgia. “My background is craftsmanship, sewing, and building,” she says. Inspired by the fascinators worn by British noblewomen like Kate Middleton, Emily settled on millinery (also known as hats—though she hates that word). Excited by the beauty of nature, she creates and sells botanical millinery made to be worn through Emily’s Millinery Marvels. A few years ago, Emily had the opportunity to model for Boom Cosmetics, a pro-age cosmetic line for women of all generations. “I had never been in front of the camera before,” says Emily. “Now there are pictures of me on the internet. It’s weird!” Emily and Tom are relishing their life on Van Dyke Farm, now that they have time to pursue their passions. “I can do exactly what it is that I want,” says Emily. “It’s the biggest liberation I could ever dream of.” Emily and Tom continue to spark joy in their lives every day. “Our outlook is that we live our lives with love,” says Emily, “love for each other, this beautiful property, our animals, our friends. We just sort of landed in this situation, and we are so grateful, especially to Tom’s family. We have put our heart and soul into this place. We love every day.” We are dedicated to providing quality health care in a loving, spiritual and caring environment, to help every resident experience life to the fullest. In addition, we provide a support system for families and friends involved in the care of the resident. The health and safety of our residents is very important to us and we adhere to all safety procedures and guidelines as established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health. We invite you to learn more about our community.
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June's Coming By John Burroughs
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Now have come the shining days When field and wood are robed anew, And o'er the world a silver haze Mingles the emerald with the blue. Summer now doth clothe the land In garments free from spot or stain-The lustrous leaves, the hills untanned, The vivid meads, the glaucous grain. The day looks new, a coin unworn, Freshly stamped in heavenly mint: The sky keeps on its look of morn; Of age and death there is no hint. How soft the landscape near and far! A shining veil the trees infold; The day remembers moon and star; A silver lining hath its gold. Again I see the clover bloom, And wade in grasses lush and sweet; Again has vanished all my gloom With daisies smiling at my feet. Again from out the garden hives The exodus of frenzied bees; The humming cyclone onward drives, Or finds repose amid the trees. At dawn the river seems a shade-A liquid shadow deep as space; But when the sun the mist has laid, A diamond shower smites its face. The season's tide now nears its height, And gives to earth an aspect new; Now every shoal is hid from sight, With current fresh as morning dew.
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