Outbreak of Idaho Kindness

Colleen, one of our store employees in town, told me that a couple of weeks ago, the morning after we received close to two feet of snow, she experienced a stranger’s kindness while shoveling snow. A young man walked up, relieved her of her shovel, and spent the next 45 minutes clearing the sidewalk. But what really spoke to Colleen was this …

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A Mission Awaits You

Break out your binoculars, girls, you’re needed on the frontlines.

The approach of February might give you the blues, or the grays, depending on what part of the country you inhabit. Chin up. Come clouds or chilly temperatures, a mission awaits you.

Are you game? …

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Smile, You’re It!

In the wake of the holidays, I get all fired up to find ways to keep on giving without buying—or spending—a thing. You and I both know that a farmgirl’s greatest gifts rarely come with a price tag anyway. (And who would dare put a dollar value on a hug or, say, a smile?) This brings me to my latest discovery …

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New Fashioned Bartering

Love it! This video will get you to thinking about how to set up a barter system in your community or among your group of friends. Brilliant.

New Year “Feel Good” Story

Appearing this past week in our local newspaper was yet another version of the 10,000 book library that readers of my magazine built for …

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