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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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KitKat and Kikuya in the Garden
How many of you live in a suburb? Or in town? I find it hard to stay living amongst houses abutting houses. I don’t mind the people but I miss the horizon. Suburbs give me no horizon. I love the busy energy of town but I miss the gentle lope of my animals. Yet I…
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Chasing The Sun
Good morning from Melbourne! Here is the transcript of my latest Podcast – it went up yesterday evening and you can listen to it HERE. There are no pictures because – well you will see why! Todays picture is from my walk yesterday evening. “I am recording today from Melbourne, Australia. I am out on…
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The cat’s in the Window.
It is cold here in the mornings – but not cold enough to put the house heater on. I just wait for the sun to come up and warm the house. Do you see my daughters cat on her platform in the sun? Her name is KitKat. I will go for my walk soon. Walking…
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Have you lost your sense of smell?
I decided this morning that I would walk the streets before starting the writing of the day. It was just past dawn. That part of the day when the colours are deep and expectant. On the way back I had drifted into a scented zone. I saw myself drop my face to a flower more…
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Melbourne, Australia
Finally. I have reached Melbourne where I will begin to work again. Though this garden is calling to me. What’s the first thing you do when you land in a new space. For me I check the fridge then set up my work space. Then plug everything in and go for a walk to scout…
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Travel Day but first a Beach Walk
In a perfect world I will have caught a plane early this morning and flown from Tauranga to Auckland. Another tree will need to be planted. From there I will catch another plane to Melbourne. But we can’t leave without having a walk on the beach. With two dogs. Dogs make the beach all the…
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