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Illinois Farm Girl

a mother's perspective on farm life & farm kids

A Year of the Farm Princess

December 30, 2013

Thanks to Facebook, I quickly scrolled through a year’s worth of status updates and discovered a common theme – my fairy farm princess.  She does do and say the darnedest things.  Here’s a few of her best efforts in 2013. January 1:  I interrupted Nattie's Barbie dance party to comment on one doll's pink hair. Nattie scowled and said, "Mom, you don't see her beauty like I do." Oh my, my daughter ...

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10 Most Fascinating People in Farming & Food

December 18, 2013

Barbara Walters’ final “10 Most Fascinating People” airs tonight.  She’s done this 21 times and this morning I caught the preview teasing viewers with a giggly Miley Cyrus, boisterous Duck Dynasty clan and always grateful Robin Roberts. It got me to thinking about who would be on my list of 10 Most Fascinating People.  People who are extremely interesting or charming, because that’s the definition ...

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Thank You Letters

December 13, 2013

Recently, I traveled into the ‘burbs and spent a day with Miss Henry’s 7th grade science classes.  Miss Henry started her school year with experiments using popcorn.  Her students were tracking growth, soil type, water and light.  Now, they needed to talk to a “real” farmer and reached out through the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance.  ...

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“Dear Farmer Brown”

December 4, 2013

Evidently, my farm boy has been learning about persuasive writing at school.  I know this, not because he told me (because his description of a school day is, "Fine.") but because I discovered the following letter while going through a stack of school papers. ...

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Remembering Today

November 30, 2013

We’ve come to the end of another 30 Day blog challenge, although mine tuned into 25 Days, I think. So, I missed a few.  I didn’t explode, the world didn’t end and my life is still churning ahead at breakneck speed.  That’s a big lesson learned for Miss Type-A here. ...

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“Love Letter”

November 27, 2013

And so it was today, we formerly laid Grandma June to rest (although we know she is far from resting, but twirling around heaven's dance floor in Grandpa's arms).  Her service was all Grandma, from favorite, familiar hymns like "For the Beauty of the Earth" to the ballroom classic "Moonlight Serenade". ...

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