Monthly Archives: December 2011

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Content to just BE

From the nearby town of Genesee, Idaho, five horses who have eaten well and then turned their faces to the sun.

I hope your heart is full and content today and that yesterday you loved well and ate well. May you face 2012 with renewed resolve to make it your best year yet.

Merry Christmas!!!!

holiday downtime

Every Christmas, we take an extended break at MaryJanesFarm. Sure, it means we miss out on holiday sales but you know what, our employees need a break. We need a break. We’ve been closed for commerce the later part of this past week and we’ll be closed this coming week until the New Year. I grew up in an era and a state that enforced what was called “Sunday Closing Law.” Nothing, I mean nothing was open for commerce on Sundays, not a gas station, nothing. Same with Christmas Eve and what is now called Black Friday. Ever since I left home at age 18, I’ve used my holiday downtime to sort and organize memories, remember, live in the past. Yesterday, while I was in and out of my kitchen, I …

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raiding the root cellar for Christmas dinner

Real preparation consists in digging something out of …

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Charitable Advent Calendars

Check out these adorable advent calendars sent to us by Sister Lori Myers. My grandgirls are …

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A Star Is Born

In anticipation of my grandbaby’s first Christmas play, I admit to being a tad nervous. Will she do okay? Will she be crushed if she gets nervous and messes up her lines? For two weeks prior, she was practicing her moves, singing the songs over and over again, at dinner, in the car. With dead seriousness. This was …

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