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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
My farms are organic and regenerative and full of stories. I have been writing here about environmentally sustainable farming and food and travel since 2011.
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SOMETHING WILD AND NEW
ONE DROP MEADOW. My son the film maker has quit his day job, and following his dream, has begun a series of UTubes about the transformation of his Wellington, New Zealand garden from jungle to paradise. One Drop Meadow.
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JUST LOOK
Yesterday was an ordinary day in that people arrived, people left, a few stayed, ducks pushed their boundaries, Molly came home, it rained, plans changed, morphed, reorganized themselves – an ordinary day. But the images I collected for you in the last of the light on that very busy day feel a little touched my…
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GOOD MORNING
I wonder – does good morning mean it IS a good morning or I wish a good morning for you.
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FLY IN MY BOOT
When I got in from the last of the evening chores there was a firefly in my boot – winking up at me. Here they call them lightening bugs.
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