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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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  • TOUCH

    TOUCH

    As in Touch Typing.  Just as well I can touch type, aye! And if you learnt how to type on one of those big old black typewriters, with the Nuns roaming the aisles wielding long rulers,  you would be able to touch type too.   But I still bash at the keys wearing the letters right off…

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  • Solemn Cows

    Solemn Cows

    Solemn Cows …

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  • ONE FAT PIG

    ONE FAT PIG

    That’s all I’ve got.  One little fat pig who looks like a topographical map of the world and his rooster. And often I have a plethora of images, though plethora – with its bloody connotations – might not be the perfect word. Surfeit – no that is not right either as we never have enough…

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  • EXCELLENT

    EXCELLENT

    In a Fine Dawn

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  • SO, BABY HAD A DRINK …

    SO, BABY HAD A DRINK …

    “THE LITTLEST CALF”

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  • LADY LOVES BABIES

    LADY LOVES BABIES

    Lady Astor has decided that she is going to have Aunty Del’s new baby. Just gently mind you. She is a big cow and does not want to frighten anyone. 

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