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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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Go West Young Man
Actually it is me who is going out West. On Wednesday. The Matriarch and I (in my favourite role as the Handmaiden) are flying out to California to attend her eldest son’s wedding and then I am sloping off to visit my son and his family. Would you like to come along? Oh? Really?! Cool.…
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Poor Daisy has a cold. So I have given her a pumpkin.
Hope you all had a great weekend. c
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Because it’s right, not might or fright .. just right.
My first real holiday job when I was 15 was cleaning in a private surgical hospital. I wore a green nylon uniform, with two pockets and my school shoes. (We only had two pairs of shoes in those days and I could not wear netball boots to work.) When you become a cleaner, secret doors…
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Strange lights in the night.
Caught betwixt and between.Yesterday I saw this leaf hanging way up high, hanging by a thread in a tree where it does not even belong. Just visiting. As I was shooting it lifted and simply blew away. Last night it was windy and one of the loft windows was not quite shut. Open a slither.…
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Mama’s Retro Pumpkin Pie: can you bear it?
My little sister Gabe, who is developing a farm in New Zealand, wrote to me yesterday, asking for our Mums Pumpkin Pie recipe. Coincidentally my little brother T asked for the recipe a couple of weeks ago as well. And yes they are both Littlies. You will remember the Littlies from the beach house…
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