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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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  • THE WALNUT ROOM

    THE WALNUT ROOM

    To catch my flight to California from O’Hare airport this morning I had to come up to Chicago yesterday afternoon and stay the night. Before my dinner engagement, I went through the rabbit warren underground passageways then up to my favourite old watering hole on the seventh floor of the old Marshall Fields Department Store for…

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  • TWO BY TWO

    TWO BY TWO

    A little sun and out they come. 

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  • WATCHING

    WATCHING

    Boo and the cats have an arrangement. They don’t run – he won’t chase them. But he still watches them very carefully in case someone wants to play. 

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  • SUGARING SOON

    SUGARING SOON

    While we were embracing (somewhat reluctantly) snowfall after snowfall over the last week or so I spent more time than usual in the kitchen.  I get hungry when I am stuck inside. 

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  • BLACK AND WHITE

    BLACK AND WHITE

    Black and White. But not by design. For days now we have been under this heavy lid of pale gray cloud. Under the threat of snow. Below freezing. A frozen solid white bread sandwich. Colour has fled our world. 

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  • BARN BIRDS

    BARN BIRDS

    Mr Flowers had been obviously depressed these last two days. He had lost Pania.  

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