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A First Market, Again.
It was a rocky start and not in the way you would think. The rocky part of it was the successful part. When my daughter, Isabelle, was around eight years old, she began painting rocks. She’d collect buckets of rocks from a secret beach source lugging a filled container to the car. The rocks were… Read more
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FeaturedMy Mom Was A Homesteader Before It Was Cool
I grew up in the country raised by a pretty badass mom. My mom was a registered nurse for 54 years. She worked at a small hospital located on the top of a hill in an equally small town. The offices and patient rooms in the hospital had a stunning view of the lake below.… Read more
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The Egg Lady
Just the other day as I was cresting the hill on the road near my childhood home, the Egg Lady popped into my head. I haven’t thought about her in years. Egg Lady? Who is the Egg Lady, right? The Egg Lady for me is a sweet and carefree childhood memory. Many years ago, before… Read more
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What Begins With “RE-“?
It’s not a trick question. There are numerous words that begin with the letters ‘RE’. Since moving back to our up north farm there are a few of these words that resonate with me. Reconnect. Rediscover. Reflect. Renew. Reconnect. In the late 1990s, we purchased this 12-acre farm located in a valley from my grandfather… Read more
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