We need to find meaning. We need to be useful. We need to know that who we are matters. I give, you give, we all give.
MaryJane says: Anything for a good, happy cry, right? Thank YOU for giving me happy tears today. More than happy to pay it forward.
Suzy Simpson says: Ditto the tears… I loved the video… the singing was great…. thanks for bringing it to us MJ…. 🙂 Suzy
I’m guessing you love to read as much as I do. I also suspect that, like me, you don’t always get enough time to curl up with a good book. Oh, how I cherish every moment when I can wander among words. You know the feeling: suddenly, you find yourself transported to another place, another time, another way of thinking. One of the things I love best about books is …
As a weekly volunteer in our local jail, I can attest to the hunger of the inmates for literature…. My colleague & I bring in literature for the female inmates (& the men as well), & whatever we bring is snapped up like so much candy. Thank you for posting about this important need, Mary Jane. Our efforts, no matter how small, may even help diminish the rate of recidivism (repeated or habitual relapse into crime) which negatively affects all citizens, especially the children of the incarcerated.
Betty Stone says: That’s one reason I have resisted buying a Kindle. There is something so reassuring about holding a book.
MaryJane says: I’m with you on that. I find my library of actual books a very comforting place to sit, sight to see.
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.
I love these kinds or frosty mornings!
Where is this breathtaking photo shot at? Idaho?
Idaho, yes. The photo is taken from the road to our farm. We are in the grove of trees in the upper right hand corner. The barn in the foreground is our cousin’s.