Hello, I’m Shannon – a wife to my high school sweetheart, a mother to three adult children, and a pet owner of many chickens and two doodles.

I decided to start a blog to journal things happening on our Northern Michigan farm that we purchased in the mid ’90s from my Grandpa Jack. We have left that farm for many years and are finally returning to our roots – to the land that is our family connection. I have many wonderful and lingering memories of my childhood and my children’s childhood submersed into the history of that property. It has been the place we have always considered our “true home”.

There are BIG plans for the property. My daughter will be doing gardening and land care projects. My sons will be helping with the renovation of the main house. I hope to have workshops with my daughter, dinners under the willows, bonfires with friends, and so much more. I hope to share all of this with you as way of documenting the life that emerges and evolves on the property we call Willow Glen Farm.