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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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Storms of Words
We need to be careful of the words we use with each other. And most importantly we need to be careful with the words we use when speaking to ourselves. Guess how I made the above image. Me and my shadow did it! Go here to see yesterday’s clouds! Let me know if this doesn’t…
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Blog Photo Tip
Does your image tell a story? A while ago we talked about making sure your horizons are straight. So your viewer finds the image restful. But even the most technically correct pictures can be dead boring if they don’t tell a story. If they do not bring value to your narrative. These images of Black…
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The Farm – The Travel and Superpowers
The farmy is still cloaked in its sleepy late winter weeds. As an entity it will toddle along like this – in a kind of slow moving hibernation until I get back from my ‘Spring into Autumn Progress ‘24’. (This years trip name), late May Then when I get back I will bring in piglets,…
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I have a jacket
I have a farm jacket. It is labeled XL. So it is a big warm farm jacket. Bigger than me. It hangs to my knees – more of a coat than a jacket. It is so large I can wear my wooly jersey underneath and still bend my arms. In fact it is so large…
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Does your family read your blog?
Me neither. I could write all kinds of shit on here and they would not know. In fact, this is a test! Testing! Waving my arms. Are you there family? So, I was with my friend and we were cleaning up, making sure that there was no rubbish or trash on the ground. Just general…
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We are All from Different Worlds
We long to understand each other and connect with each other. We do. But. We all come to everything from different backgrounds. Different interpretations. Different expectations. Different paths with different feet. We even experience the same things differently. We even interpret words differently. This is what makes us human. This is the human condition. What…
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