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Giveaway: How Green Was My Valley

I bought three books to gift as giveaways for Christmas, but then I decided to do it after the big day, during the recovery, the decompression. Nothing will get you started on the right foot in 2012 like a good book, right?

Dr. Ribi, who I mentioned in my post, Duck or Duct tape?, introduced me to …

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Simplify: one resolution at a time

With the New Year rushing in on the heels of the holiday season, we always end up resolving to start fresh at a time when we’re also trying to decompress from the hectic pace of the holidays. We’re eager to wind down, but we can’t help but imagine what might be achieved in the coming months. There’s so much unspoiled territory ahead. Imagining the possibilities and resolving to meet them is exciting, but also a little overwhelming. Sometimes those ambitious midnight declarations dawn on us the next morning with unexpected weight—did I really mean I’d go for all that glory …

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Silo & Shy

On a recent trip to Genesee, I saw in the distance something recherché—a great blue heron, poised ever so …

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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 …