HeyJaredCecilia at The Kitchen’s Garden Travels
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my mother was a horrible knitter. but she could garden (opens the original)
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I am back in Sunbury. Quite heartbroken at having to leave the farm and the animals back in Illinois and especially my dog, again. Honestly - there are so many worse things - I totally know that - but my dog. ☹️But I do not want to dwell. It will make us all sad. And by early next year - all going well - I will be back on the farm. Let’s get sustainable! <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2RvC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%
reconfiguring a scattered brain . how I get back in the groove (opens the original)
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Re-configuring a tired brain. Tightening my focus after a period of other stuff. I’m in that phase now. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3HTh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/http
the fast turn around . going from the farm to the valley (opens the original)
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But Time to go. We worked hard but now all my farm clothes are washed and dried in the sun and put away in bags until I return. And all the clothes I packed for the wedding in California are waiting patiently for another ride. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height
overlapping life. underlying giggles (opens the original)
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Flowers that close at night.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HvlH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazon
little country towns and chickens in the trees (opens the original)
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Rural small town life in central Illinois is not that friendly colourful image we see in the movies. Mostly it is poor. And getting poorer. Our county median household income sits at $60,782, about three quarters of the state median, and the poverty rate here runs a bit above the state average too. People really struggle here. They drive old cars. The drug problem is very sad. The food pantries are busy. There are no new buildings. No new businesses opening. These little towns have been in decli
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