Author Archives: maryjane

Great Find: Vintage 4-H Club sign SOLD

You love 4-H and so does your niece … nephew? son, daughter, granddaughter, how about grandson? You know I  bet they love signs too. So go ahead and spring for this vintage 4-H sign. After all, when do you come upon a beauty like this?

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Arm or harm yourself?

In our quest to feed our children healthy food, keep away from dangerous cancer-causing chemicals, and fight off the hundreds of toxins our bodies are exposed to every day, one must start at home by avoiding the consumption of Genetically Modified Organisms and limiting our exposure to toxic cosmetic products.

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Why we recycle

If you had a chance to watch the Pixar film WALL-E, you may have asked yourself, where is all of our trash going?

WALL-E poster. Courtesy of Wikipeda. Snowknight26

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We’re pregnant!!!!

“We’re pregnant” is farm-speak for …

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Have you snapped lately?

Irving Berlin‘s song “Easter Parade” talks about finding yourself in the rotogravure.

What?

“The photographers will snap us
And you’ll find that you’re
In the rotogravure.”

Rotogravure. Merry-go-round? Snooty name for restroom?

Rotogravure \ˌrō-tə-grə-ˈvyur\

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One of those days …

It poured rain this morning—almost 1/2 inch in 15 minutes—just as our employees were coming to work.

Bubba showed up half awake. Or would that be half asleep?

Zephyrus

I was on a “pitch slam” panel of four magazine editors at The Creative Connection Event in St. Paul last month. During the month prior, potential “features” signed up and paid money in order to pitch who they are to us. The cross-section of women was fabulous and over time I intend to feature all of them—everyone from a woman who creates tiny victorian embroideries to a librarian who wants to write book reviews to a woman who traveled from Australia who specializes in zen doodling to a …

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Apparel Goddess Speaks

Ask and ye shall receive, the apparel goddess said. Apparently, my word-of-the-week,

Befurbelowed

brought a new skirt (and well, also a matching jacket) into my life.

I couldn’t believe my lucky lasso.

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