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When I received the magazine entry (below) for our upcoming “Saying Yes!” magazine issue in my inbox on Saturday, I couldn’t help but smile (even though it came in too late to make the issue). Stacy Boe Miller was expressing her feelings for the little town that she and I and all of MaryJanesFarm call home. And while she was doing so, I was randomly mailing my mother-in-law earrings that Stacy had made and sharing her website with all of you! What are the odds, really? Well, pretty good in this wonderful little place called Moscow, Idaho.

Small Town, Big Dancing by Stacy Boe Miller of Moscow, Idaho …
When my new friend Julia called and asked me to a local concert, I almost didn’t say yes. My husband, three kids, and I had just moved to northern Idaho from Minneapolis, and though I was eager to make new friends, some days I just found all the meeting and greeting a little too tiring. I decided at the last minute to go, and through this one evening out, I learned a lot about the little town I was now calling home …

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Winnie Nielsen says:

November 6, 2012 at 9:25 am

Absolutely!!! I voted early this year. No matter what big money does, your personal vote cannot be bought. A long as you vote, that is what matters!!!

drMolly says:

November 6, 2012 at 9:33 am

Done & Done!

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Elizabeth says:

November 1, 2012 at 5:00 am

I can understand your trepidation to completely new surroundingings as I also would most likely be the permanently affixed wallflower:-) But I am assuming that is you (Megan ?) in the above picture & if so then it looks like you are well on your way to a happy assimilation. Seriously, your dance move/pose looks lovely & reminds me very much of an, Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov ice skating move. An even more importantly, I really like your shoes in the picture! Can you share the link where I might find those shoes? Thank you & good luck in your new home; it sounds like you won’t have any difficulty making new friends & enjoying more dancing!

- Megan says:
  
  November 1, 2012 at 11:15 am
  
  Hello Elizabeth,
  Thanks for your response! The story is written by Stacy Boe Miller about her time here in our wonderful little town. And the photo is an old one taken of our seamstress, Anna Black, who was also a dancer many years ago. But I hope to enjoy more dancing too! And wish the same for you, even if we’re dancing a jig in our living rooms on a random fall day. 🙂 Farmgirl hugs…
  
Rebekka Boysen says:

November 1, 2012 at 7:51 am

This is exactly how I felt moving here Stacy. It was overwhelming at first and now I soak up the fact that there is a friend everywhere I go in town, it feels supportive to me now. Since we all see each others successes and failures (personal and professional) it keeps us from taking ourselves too seriously. We are all human, all trying to make a good life and when we miss a step there is usually someone to catch us and get us dancing again!

- Megan says:
  
  November 1, 2012 at 11:28 am
  
  Don’t we love our little town? And how lucky we are to have such wonderful additions to it!
  
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Winnie Nielsen says:

November 1, 2012 at 10:25 am

This is a lovely story about a community that welcomes newcomers with friendship and opportunities to expand horizons however that interests the person. One day I hope to visit this town called Moscow, Idaho only made known to me through MaryJanes Farm!

- Megan says:
  
  November 1, 2012 at 11:28 am
  
  We would LOVE to have you, Winnie!
  
Elizabeth says:

November 1, 2012 at 11:11 am

Ok so I re-read it after Rebekka posted & see that Stacy is the dancer in the picture(?) as well as the lady with the new~home, friends & town? Sorry but I’m still getting my bearings on your boards & various forums here. So the “Saying Yes” story is a question you (Megan) pose in digital format on another thread/site which Stacy answered & will go into print in MaryJane’s magazine?…

So I guess I won’t be getting a link for the shoes 😉 Just teasing, thanks for the clarification.

- Megan says:
  
  November 1, 2012 at 11:35 am
  
  🙂 The dancer is Anna Black, an old employee and I just love the photo, so when I received Stacy’s submission I thought of the perfect photo to accompany Stacy’s story.
  The “Saying Yes!” is an upcoming topic of our magazine. Each magazine has a rather vague topic that can be interpreted a number of ways to allow for lots of writing creativity for our readers write section of the magazine called Keeping in Touch. For more upcoming topics in the magazine, in case you’d like to do a little writing too, visit http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/KeepingInTouch/
  
  And the shoes? Well it was too long ago to say, I think the photo was taken about 8 years ago. But cute huh? 🙂 Hugs!
  
Elizabeth says:

November 1, 2012 at 11:25 am

Thank you also Megan for responding. Your town sounds wonderful & so do the people who live there. And as the country songs goes, ‘I hope you Dance!’ As for me, I have zero natural rhythm so I think I’ll sit this one out:-) Have fun.

- Megan says:
  
  November 2, 2012 at 4:36 pm
  
  I am huge fan of dancing in my living room and kitchen. My moves are really amazing when no one sees them! 😉

Alice - Farmgirl 12 says:

October 30, 2012 at 4:37 am

Thank you – that was scary yesterday. I live inland a bit so we didn’t get the torrential rain and flooding from the coast, but the wind was unbelievable – going out in a bit to survey the damage. Waiting to see if the governor is lifting the ban on keeping non-official vehicles off the roads again today. If not, no work again today! I must say, it was so very gratifying to see all the well wishes via Facebook and email. Thank you again!

Terry Steinmetz says:

October 30, 2012 at 5:22 am

We are out here in CT. visiting our kids about 26 miles from the Coast. The hurricane is gone, and all we got were high winds and some rain. We are thankful.

Laurie Dimino says:

October 30, 2012 at 10:51 am

Here on Long Island, over 700,000 are without power.We are one of the fortunate few whit electricity but no phone/cable or internet. I came over to my sisters house where she has everything….so I am able to check email etc. Schools closed tomorrow- a this point I am thinking they might not reopen this week. Lots of trees down, but havent heard anything about people injured here thank God. The Island is a Mess, but we are grateful that everyone is safe. Now the cleanup begins, Prayers for all that are without power. Stay strong and safe.
Hugs,
Laurie

Debbie says:

October 30, 2012 at 12:59 pm

All is well here in Plymouth, MA . The beach roads and cottages in our beach community dodged a bullet with this storm. Word this morning was, not much dune erosion, no wash outs on the only road in and minimal snow fence damage…WHEW! We were without power for about 15 hours, but it was on this am in time to make pumpkin spice coffee! Our New York and New Jersey neighbor’s got hit very hard… Counting our blessings here and keeping our more southerly eastern seaboard neighbors in our thoughts and prayers today…
Thanks to all for the well wishes on the Beach Farmgirl blog and facebook!
xoxox
Deb

Winnie Nielsen says:

October 30, 2012 at 2:05 pm

I have been glued to the TV watching all of the events. We are still having high winds here in Florida from the effects of storm which left us on Monday!

Terry Steinmetz says:

October 28, 2012 at 3:53 am

It will get done, it always does! Persevere!!!

Winnie Nielsen says:

October 28, 2012 at 1:29 pm

What is amazing to me , loving here in Florida is that it is snowing and we are only getting our first cool days and eves! Snow before Halloween?? I can’t even image what that feels like. We usually have a hot and humid Halloween so kids are miserable in some of the costumes.

Terry Steinmetz says:

October 27, 2012 at 7:18 am

The first snow is ALWAYS the prettiest! I can’t wait for it to snow here:-)

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Terry Steinmetz says:

October 27, 2012 at 7:25 am

I had the greatest mother-in-law!!! She was always so understanding, loving me from the first, too, and being my biggest advocate, for which I will be forever grateful! I hope I’m the same kind of mother-in-law!

ace says:

October 16, 2012 at 2:12 pm

Happy National Bosses’ day MJ!!!! You rock!!!!! 🙂 xoxo -ace

Lou says:

October 16, 2012 at 2:13 pm

Happy National Boss day BOSS!!!! I agree with Megan, you’re the best by far!

Karina says:

October 16, 2012 at 4:14 pm

Happy National Bosses’ Day to the best boss!!! 🙂