“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”
Whether we’re living off the land on a farm full of crops and cattle, tending to rows of flowers and veggies in a little backyard garden, or potting an indoor herb garden 15 stories up surrounded by an urban jungle, we’re finding ways to live out our farmgirl fantasies …
When the road beckons, where do you go? Do you get your glamp on near a favorite swimming hole? Dig in among the desert dunes? Bed down on the beach? Head out to your backyard?
My new book, Glamping with MaryJane, is a comprehensive guide to all things glamping and packed with my favorite hints, tips, how-to’s, and recipes—and guess what? I’m giving away two signed copies a week until the book’s official release on September 1 …
For some of my Geography journal entries, my friend, Alyson Oüten, takes you around the globe, from the sunshine state of California, to her backyard in Boise, Idaho, the streets of Europe, and beyond. Today, she is off to Cambodia to bask in the historical wonders of this ancient civilization. Take it from here, Aly. It’s all yours!!!!!
It was a dark and stormy night …
Stormy? Well, not so much. Dark? Pitch dark.
<<<<< When, what should my wondering ears hear? Ü >>>>>
Hooves on gravel. (Rooftop, no.)
In farm-speak, hooves-on-gravel means trouble is afoot. Four of them. Four feet or pairs of four-footed critters on the LOOSE. Running. On the gravel roads that surround our farm. In other words, not pasture-fed, but free range, soon to be out-of-range cows (maybe horses) if something isn’t done quickly. Done and gone. Gone before dawn.
I threw on a robe, pulled on some boots, grabbed my derringer, scrounged a headlamp. Down several flights of stairs and into the dark, my searchlight searching for eyes. Whose?
Okay, this is going to be a glimpse of glamour, farm glamour, but first I have to comment on your comments over on my Glamping Giveaway. When the comments started rolling in late Friday and early Saturday morning (more than we’d ever seen before) and then the stats on Amazon pushed my book almost into the top 100 books (165 to be exact/an author starts out at something like 250,000), I wanted to …
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
