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Great Find: Vintage Thermos SOLD

Posted on September 26, 2011 by maryjane

Vintage Hawthorne thermos $4 plus shipping. Built to last! This sturdy thermos is sure to keep your drinks toasty warm or for those who have a thermos collection, you need this one!

First Book logoAll proceeds (minus shipping and packing) will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The first person to call the farm and talk with Brian, 208-882-6819, and pony up a credit card, becomes the new owner of a little bit of herstory. Shipping will be either USPS or UPS, our choice. No returns.

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Prudence Please

Posted on September 24, 2011 by maryjane

Even among today’s progressive population, there is still a whole crop of …

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Great Find: heart-on-my-sleeve BASKET

Posted on September 23, 2011 by maryjane

This isn’t just any basket, this is the basket pictured in the feature tribute to my mother in our special 2006 Artists in Aprons issue of my magazine. $16 plus shipping. Basket, just asket, it’s yours!

UPDATE: We had a taker, a woman from England, but since the box was oversized, shipping was going to be $322!!! She decided to pass. So, it’s back in the running.

First Book logoAll proceeds (minus shipping and packing) will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The first person to call the farm and talk with Brian, 208-882-6819, and pony up a credit card, becomes the new owner of a little bit of herstory. Shipping will be either USPS or UPS, our choice. No returns.

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Great Find: Birdhouse SOLD

Posted on September 23, 2011 by maryjane

This here vintage lunchbox already has a hole ready for you to fashion into a unique birdhouse. Personally delivered by me (carried to the shipping box that is). $9.65 plus shipping.

First Book logoAll proceeds (minus shipping and packing) will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The first person to call the farm and talk with Brian, 208-882-6819, and pony up a credit card, becomes the new owner of a little bit of herstory. Shipping will be either USPS or UPS, our choice. No returns.

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Get Out & Meet Thy Neighbors

Posted on September 22, 2011 by maryjane

A recent study backs up my belief in the value of good neighbors. It turns out, talking “over the fence” benefits the environment, too.

In southwestern China, the Grain-to-Green Program (GTGP) helps farmers in the Wolong Nature Reserve reduce soil erosion by paying them to convert sloping cropland to forest or grassland. Scientists from Michigan State University found that the farmers most likely to re-enroll their land in the conservation program after their initial sign-up, were those who got out and hashed it over with their neighbors. In fact, the more times they interacted, the more land was enrolled.

Farmer of the Hani minority near his village of Puduo, Yunnan, China. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Takeaway

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Today’s Recipe: Portuguese Fish Stew

Posted on September 20, 2011 by maryjane

Much to my vicarious delight, vacation and work commitments recently took Alyson Oüten to Europe for a month; from Spain to Portugal to Italy and Israel. (If you read my magazine or CLUCK newsletter, you’re already familiar with Alyson.)

For some of my Geography Journal entries she’ll take you to each of those stops (and more!). Today she is off to Portugal to sample the delicious cuisine of Peniche.

Take it from here. It’s all yours, Aly!!!!!

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Old-fashioned “gussied up” WORD

Posted on September 20, 2011 by maryjane

What’s a word we can use that is a step-back-in-time word, specifically a word spoken a hundred years ago that means adorned with trimmings, dressed up, cleaned up? A playful replacement for the folksy words “gussied up” that I love to use.

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Great Find: Darlin’ Doll Bed SOLD

Posted on September 20, 2011 by maryjane

This vintage, solid wood, handmade doll bed awaits your every meow, er, doll. Dimensions are 11.5 inches wide, 16 inches deep (head board to foot board) and 12 inches high (head board). Simply adorable.

$14.95 plus shipping.

First Book logoAll proceeds (minus shipping and packing) will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The first person to call the farm and talk with Brian, 208-882-6819, and pony up a credit card, becomes the new owner of a little bit of herstory. Shipping will be either USPS or UPS, our choice. No returns.

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Great Find: Vintage Lunch Pail SOLD

Posted on September 19, 2011 by maryjane

For all you glamper types, the April/May 2009 issue of my magazine (Glamour Camping) had an adorable vintage lunch pail on page 95. Ice goes in the bottom compartment and sushi?????? in the top. It’s the perfect girlfriend gift for ONLY $18.95 plus shipping.

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Back in the U.S. E.R.

Posted on September 18, 2011 by maryjane

Shocking (cont.) http://www.raisingjane.org/journal/2017

The next morning Meg was back in the ER with chest pain. There was a moment while we were waiting for the elevator that I was no longer the picture of calm. Meg said, “Momma, if my heart is threatening to go haywire, I need to remain calm. And SO DO YOU.”

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