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June's Sock Yarn Give Away Winner

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Just a quick note here to announce June's Sock Yarn Give Away Winner ... Elisabeth W. of Norway. More on this plus rules for July's Sock Yarn Give Away rules coming in this week's blog. Stay tuned! If you get a chance, join or "like" the I Live on a Farm and/or the J. L. Fleckenstein Fine Artist pages I set up at Facebook this week. I'll be using Facebook more and more to provide additional access to content, news, "heads up", etc. for my readers. Both Etsy stores are also tied in with the Facebook pages to make it...

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I Love New York

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I have to say this-- though I never would have thought I would--I love New York.

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The joy of reading

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Of all of my memories of school as a small child, all things related to books and reading and being read to are some of the richest in my treasure chest. I loved paper, the sound of a library book with its heavy plastic protective cover closing with a soft yet decisive thud, and carrying a stack of books to the librarian's desk with my mother by my side getting ready for summer reading. I remember certain books with peculiar clarity such as Danny and the Dinosaur, those little Dick and Jane books, and Harold and the Purple Crayon. The...

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Grateful for the Vessel and the Stand

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One of the most beautiful things I have learned along the way is that, to be grateful is to love, and that without love an understanding of gratitude cannot be enveloped within myself.

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So here we are, here we stand

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Following a long absence from writing, here I am again. Hopefully some of my readers have been able to get caught up on past postings while new readers have found their way here and found out something about what I hope to offer. It is early in the morning here on our farm. The sweet dog is laying on the love seat nearby snoring up a cold autumn snore, stretching out every now and then. It sounds as if he is enjoying a very deep, satisfying sleep. Good boy, you keep that up. For the past three years and more,...

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