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Speaker Spotlight: Cecilia Gunther
Originally posted on Press Publish:Cecilia Gunther Once upon an time, in a land across the oceans, a girl named Cecilia was born. If that sounds like the start of a fairy tale, it’s on purpose. Though...
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Portland
Good morning. I am in Portland, Oregon for the Press Publish Conference. I have my itinerary, name tag and my goodies bag. I am thinking I might wear my “I Love Sheila My Big Fat Pig” T shirt. I will...
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While we were talking
As I spoke for Press Publish in Portland, Oregon. In the most beautiful hotel. Telling them our stories – about you and me and our animals. This man slept. Outside my window. And what a triumph...
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Back to the Country
Travelling back from Portland to Chicago I found myself in a melancholy mood. My voice packed away with my makeup. My city face dissolving back into relief. Dragging my bag like a heavy weary dog with...
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Cojones
(Is that a bad word? But it is the word I need). Slowly I settled back into the farm yesterday. I took a mental health day and decided not to talk to any humans. It was lovely. The sun was out and so...
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Did you Find Your Voice?
I learnt an awful lot at the Press Publish Conference in Portland on the weekend. I am going to share as much as I can with you over the next week. As usual these things will weave themselves in and...
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The March Give-Away
Goodbye, March! Hullo, April. (Only a day late). Here are some of my favourite farm photographs for March. A wee anthology of the month. And a give-away. I am shortly sending off an order for some...
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Diversity on the Farm
Diversity on a Farm, well actually All lives and Living, are all about diversity. My diverse life is in no way special at all. Having said that here is what was on the bench when I awoke this morning....
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Yesterday I took two loads of cattle across to the other side. (Five in all) Tucked in with the two black cousins was the little black bobby. The grass has been allowed to grow over there and...
View ArticleTOUCH
As in Touch Typing. Just as well I can touch type, aye! And if you learnt how to type on one of those big old black typewriters, with the Nuns roaming the aisles wielding long rulers, you would be...
View ArticleWILDCARD GARDEN
By the end of Autumn John usually has the glass house planted and producing but this year there have been interruptions to some of the familial rhythms. So I decided to take the bull by the horns and...
View ArticleAre you the sum of your parts? Or a blossom of unpredictable wildness.
Do you have more than one iron in the fire. Or just a whole bunch of different parts spinning independently. Why do we always try to pigeon-hole people when the edges are so often blurred. Why do we...
View ArticleHow’s your connectivity?
We are enduring a real problem with the internet out here on the farm, these last two days. And we are so close to launching the new website that, of course, we are going to have connectivity problems....
View ArticlePlanting By The Moon
Tonight is the full moon. The time for harvesting not sowing or planting. The best moon for planting is the new moon. Of course there are many theories behind why we might garden by the moon. I...
View ArticleIs a Blog Schedule a Good Idea?
Yes. Categorically. If you can – publish your blog at the same time on the same day. Once a week, twice a week, every day whichever suits you – but if you are able to establish a routine it will make...
View ArticleFraud: This is NOT Me
I was chatting with my daughter in law in New Zealand this morning. She had found an account on the app called Telegram that looked like this – Well – I have not joined Telegram. (I use WhatsApp for my...
View ArticleIs Change Too Scary?
There is nothing new on this good earth. What we do know for sure is that we can change and change is good. But to change you have to lift your head up and speak (or write). My mother used to say ‘A...
View ArticlePosts like Telegrams
When you look across each of my favorite platforms, (Instagram, Substack and here on the Blog) you will see how each of the platforms show TODAY on the farm. They are like old fashioned telegrams...
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