When we rely upon laws to enforce decent behavior, we end up spending our hard-earned money on attorneys. Rather than legal recourse, I’m on a mission to amp up my personal charm and collaborative kindness. Good manners are contagious.
Let’s get viral together.
Whoever said the subject of manners must be stodgy, serious, and stern?
Well, one thing is for certain: it was not the Goops.
Have you heard of them—the Goop family, that is?
April says: This is great! All my kids learned this poem in our homeschool. It’s a fun poem to say…now for working on their actual manners…gonna have to check out that website! Thanks! 🙂
It’s the tell-tale flush of red, the shuffle of feet, averted eyes, dropped head. Do you know someone who blushes?
Julie May says: Oh, my goodness! I blush all the time for so many different reasons. I always have and it’s always been embarassing, which makes me blush all the more! I even blush over things I think. Blushing has definitely been a detriment teaching my high school kids.
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Great idea. I love making sewing kits for my different needs, weaving, felt creating, craft kits for on the go
Sugar & spice & everything nice, etc. Remember the poem? It may sound fluffy by today’s standards, and one could argue that it has an air of gender-bias to it, but I believe the lyrical list of things “girls are made of” had its heart in the right place. Who cares if it …
Paula Boyea says: I regularly bake cookies (or other goodies) for the police officers in our village.
My daughter Alicia, a cake sculptor, takes goodies to her local fire department.
Hubby and I hosted the MaryJanesFarm annual holiday party this past weekend. That night, curled up in bed together, we relived some of the many uplifting vignettes that soooooooooo warmed our hearts as we played a made-up game that was …
Shery says: What a great idea for a get-together…one nice gift and a plate of goodies. Hmmmm, that might have to be on the to-do list for next year’s farmgirl Christmas shindig.
Eileen Widman says: I always ask the Hostess too. I think it is good manners to offer to leave the dish and sometimes the Hostess wants the food but not the plate. I take the plate home in that case leaving the food behind.
Usually there is nothing of my dish left to take home though!
MaryJane says: When will we see a book called Eileen’s Successful Potluck Dishes!? I’ll be the first in line.
Debbie says: I’m just coming out from under all the tissue paper and ribbon to catch up with my sisters out west!
We had a pot luck Christmas dinner too along with a Yankee swap. That means we all got to go shopping in our basements for a gift to share! That always brings lots of laughs as well as returns from past exchanges. We were honored to hold on to my sis in laws peppermint brownies and a homemade pecan pie made by beach sister Lynn. Yum! Our bunch has been pot-lucking together for some years now. We usually ask each other who wants what and then we wash our own dishes and bring them home.
I love anything wrapped in a plain brown bag with green and red raffia! Nicely done MJ and Meg!
kathleen says: This looks delicious. Plan on using your receipe for my mother-in-law’s 80th Italian birthday party. Thank you for sharing. I love your photographs!!! Breathtaking.
Eileen Widman says: Unfortunately This unripe strawberry reminds me of my failed crop this year. They never got to turn red.
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.
Now that’s what I call farmgirl romance… ‘Fetchin’ our tools, yay!’