It’s that time of year when it seems everyone wants something, mostly monetary donations. I’m here to keep more of…
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Fire Starters – Fast, Inexpensive Small Gifts
~ ingredients ~ At the last farm, heat was provided by a couple of stoves…one was a black, round, potbelly…
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My Other Self
聽~ home, where my dreams lead ~ Recently, I asked someone if I’d heard God wrong. I thought He said,…
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Can One Die From Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy?
Be warned, this is a self indulgent post; you may choose to abandon now. I am not a person for…
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Great Grandmother’s Soap Basket and Giveaway
As Dave once said, “Goofing off is no fun unless there’s something else I should be doing.” What I should…
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25 Years of Social Distancing Still Looks the Same
Over the last quarter century, when I’ve ventured off the farm it’s usually to the grocery store, the feed store,…
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Do Less ~ Give (BE) More
~ bizzy, Bizzy, BIZZY! ~ “…in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no…
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Homemade (is there any other kind?) Peach Cobbler
Once Summer is full blown and it’s hotter than the hinges of Hades, the canning kettle comes out to add…
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It’s Canning Time Again, I’m Gonna Miss You…
~ just picked peaches ~ The title sung to “It’s crying time again, I’m gonna miss you…”; does anyone remember…
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Dinner and Theatre in Blackstone, VA
The ennui of last week has thankfully passed and Saturday past was spent doing farm work. Late that afternoon, Rebekah…
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