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organic farmer and zinnias: word of the year is connection

The Year of True Connection

Every year I choose a word of the year: 2017 was gentle; 2018 community; 2019 was alignment.   This year it’s connection.   Not just the surface connection of social media follows and likes — but true, deep-rooted, honest connection. Pulling back the layers, diving into the deeper aspects of farming, mothering, running a business, and what …

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Lydia Gatzow, oil painter, on creativity & intentional living

Creativity, Intentional Living & Slowing Down: An Interview with Artist Lydia Gatzow

Today is all about creativity and intentional living.   Okay, everyday around here is about those two things, but today especially.A few weeks ago, our friends and farm yurt-dwellers Lydia and Charles moved out of the yurt and into a 1983 VW Vanagon.   Lydia’s a talented oil painter, and for the past two years, …

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