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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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Kids and Toys
Kids and Toys. Toys and Kids. I miss the farmy already. But I will be getting ready to go home in a week. So no time for missing. I think that our new cow will be arriving back at the farmy in the next few days. I will get Jake to take a photo for…
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In between Time
I am sitting in my hotel room in Los Angeles, California. I have a long list of paper work that is not really paper work it is all done on the computer but you know what I mean. First order of the day for us is to write the questionnaire for potential woofers. Young women…
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I think I might go to the beach
Look at my sunrise. Yes. You are right. There is no rising sun. No sun. No sky. Everything white and frozen. -7F (-21C). We have a hoar of a frost. The trees are creaking and cracking under this ice. This bitter prairie goodbye. I think I might go to the beach. I am packed weighed…
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How I travel
Oh how I wish I had more time to tell you about how I pack a bag, I have traveled so much in my life that I have a weird science when packing, (though everyone has a different method) and this time I have 75 beanie babies, a stunning Little Black Dress, lasagna pans, Gluten free rice lasagna, meatloaf…
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Two more Sleeps
Today – come what may, I am going to get to the hairdressers. (Hopefully). Yesterday was a good day in the barn. It was a little warmer, the ice pellets mixed with light snow did not begin to fall from the sky until later in the day and even then it was a bit of…
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