The Painted Post

Hey y’all, go check out my new friend Kelly’s blog, The Painted Post. You can also find the link in the sidebar.

From her homepage:

There’s a little something on our farm for everyone in my family. I raise goats and love to fantasize that I am a “real farm wife”. You know, one that can milk a cow with one hand tied behind her back or washes sheets on an old washboard in the backyard while the lids on the last batch of canned tomatoes rattle on the stovetop.

Just because I grew up in the heart of Chicago and I don’t have a lick of real farm common sense, doesn’t mean I’m not a farm girl through and through. I have the necessary flock of laying hens (my girls), my own barn, and a lot of imagination.

The truth be told, we are a large hobby farm. Over the years we’ve raised three children on this farm and now, with more time on our hands, my husband and I concentrate on wildlife conservation, getting muddy, and having picnic lunches on a blanket on the ground.

We actually have “real” jobs, but if you define a job as something that gives you pleasure and satisfaction, then farming is our real job.

Pay her a visit. I’m sure you’ll leave with a smile on your face!

 

Never Again

Wow! Two in one week! As if playing that other school’s fight song weren’t bad enough, I am now going to quote <deep breath> Hillary Clinton.

Speaking in an interview with Marie Claire magazine recently, [And NO, I don’t read Marie Claire! –R] Mrs. Clinton stated the following:

I can’t stand whining. I can’t stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they’re not happy with the choices they’ve made. You live in a time when there are endless choices. … Money certainly helps, and having that kind of financial privilege goes a long way, but you don’t even have to have money for it. But you have to work on yourself. … Do something!

 

This will probably never happen again, but I gotta say I agree with Hillary.

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Contest !!!11eleventy!!

The Joliet Public Library Author Fair was a hit! Over fifty authors exhibited at the Black Road Branch this past Saturday, including Yours Truly. I shared a table with CWA 2012 Book of the Year Award finalist Patricia McNair who was promoting her new book Temple of Air.

Despite the rain, folks came out in droves to meet and greet and read good books! A wonderful time was had by all! Anyhoo, I have some books left over from the fair, and thought a contest would be in order.

So, here’s the deal…

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