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it was just about a year ago when our 2013 apprentice asked if she could return for a second year of farmer training. it might not sound like much to you, but for us it was a big step . we have a 15...
View Articleradical photographic art
It’s finally winter here. And it’s stunningly beautiful. The kids are beside themselves. The fire is blazing. The pantry is full. The male cardinals shine out like beacons in the bare trees. I’d...
View Article11 3/4 inches: a family photo project
snowed in. nature’s power and beauty all around us. we spent the days cooking, baking, playing and trying, each of us, to capture some of the majesty. it’s been cold and cozy and...
View Articlehands on :: kitty
this morning. Yes. I’m not going to talk about the beautiful amazing snow (which will soon be ALL MUD, but is still packed incredibly deep and solid in our yard and driveway, even after many days of...
View Articleright now :: always learning something
I was in a recent exchange with an old friend in which I got to express how much I’ve grown and learned from being a parent. Cliche as is sounds, it’s only true. My children have taught me so much...
View Articlehow we roll
you wouldn’t guess it by looking at me now, but i was once a city chick: yup, born and raised in chicago. my upbringing, as with each of ours’, plays out in my adult life often and with great...
View Articleeyes on the road
there is another male teenage driver here in kentucky. i am not quite sure why i am so darn happy
View Articlecinderella memorandum
Goodness knows I could stand to write about planting potatoes right now, but we’re still shaking off post-production whiplash from Lulah’s fifth performance run with the local high school theater...
View Articletransformation
“Change can change back. (We can go from conservative to liberal, from disciplined to undisciplined…) Change is volatile. Transformation is completely different – though sometimes it is called change....
View Articlea fire, a dinner, a clean house and the love of a community
Some of you may already have heard that our barn burned to the ground in the wee hours of Wednesday July 13th. the building was full to the tier poles of our farm and family’s necessities, it was a...
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