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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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Last day of giveaway postcard choices and votes.
We are very close to a beautiful collection. Your choices so far are perfect. Here are a few more suggestions from your fellow readers. Your responses to this project have been astronomical. And in fact often you have pointed to the same shot, which has been quite startling. We can only have one…
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Congratulations to you all: 40,000 hits!: lets choose our postcard giveaway pics
I started writing these pages in July so I am just thrilled to bits by your response. And would like to say thank you for getting me this far. Now, as you know, I am going to produce a collection of POSTCARDS from your suggestions on this page, tomorrows page, or facebook or email. All…
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How to Make Puppy Pillows for your Pooch!
It was cold yesterday. The frost hung on the trees all day. No wind. The world stayed frozen white with a cover of cloud like a stainless steel lid. On these still cold sepia days, it is hard not to succumb to malaise. The weather sits there like a big lump. So I went…
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Late afternoon on the farmy: Two Cocks Crowing
Late afternoon on the Farmy is a peaceful time. Well it should be a peaceful time. Except I let all the chook-house chickens out of their house for a run around. Which meant that the Barn Roosters rushed out to challenge the Chook House Roosters. Son of Neanderthal Man and the Senior Chook House…
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May I introduce you to a few people I have read with this week
I am hoping to do something new with my Sundays, though as you know my plans have a bad habit of going array. But I want to Introduce you all to some of the new readers and commenters of these pages and some new collections I have discovered on my own travels. Often we…
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My Big Fat Mama
Good morning. I am up here in my loft with the vaulted ceiling and big South windows. Sitting at my desk. The fire in the big room below is keeping me warm and I can hear rain outside. The windows are still dark. It is early, early morning. John and the neighbour boy brought my…
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