Category Archives: farm

Going Cowgirl Couture

Today I’m honored that an everyday epistle post is being featured on The Couture Cowgirl. Celeste Settrini, the site’s creator, is blessed with a positive outlook and energy for life. She is the founder and president of Couture Cowgirl Communications and fashion editor of … Continue reading

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Field Trip to Visit a Cowboy

There’s a new everyday epistle post out. But it’s not here where it usually is. Today we’re taking a field trip. A blog-cation. Saddle up and click on over to Ryan Goodman’s excellent site Agriculture Proud. Ryan is a real cowboy. Comes … Continue reading

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Cracker Barrel Nation

Friend Ryan Goodman shared a colorful essay by FOX News & Commentary host Todd Starnes, and I have to say I agree. The New York Times misunderstands Southern cooking. The Times showcased a new crop of Southern chefs and farmers … Continue reading

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The State of Food

“Thank You for this food,” says my father-in-law when he prays over our family dinner table. “And bless the hands that prepared it.” Today as I sit down to a simple lunch of tomato soup and tuna melt, I think … Continue reading

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The House That Rural Built

Today’s post will also be featured on Rural Women Rock. Confession: I didn’t grow up on a farm. My husband did, but we don’t live on a farm now. Or even in a rural area. We live in St. Louis. … Continue reading

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Milk Wars

Competitive parenting has us taking sides against each other on everything, and marketers know it. Before our kids are born we divide over natural, drug-assisted or C-section delivery. At the hospital or at home. Doula or doctor. Bottle or breastfeeding. … Continue reading

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