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Making the World a Little Smaller

A question...
why do I blog?

One answer... because you are there... interested... reading what I write.

And yet...not.

I have asked myself this question often...

especially in times when I feel like there is nothing interesting happening.

And then I remember the days before living on the farm...

the days when I read about others' farms and lapped up every little detail.

Each and every chicken picture thrilled me.

I dreamed of cooking with the food that I had grown myself.

I dreamed of waking to the sound of a rooster crowing each morning,
and enjoying a breakfast of eggs that I had raised.

I dreamed of fresh air, wide open spaces, and the critters that would fill them.

And now I live the dream that I dreamed...

and it's every bit as fun and challenging and rewarding as I had hoped.

And so I blog to share it with you...

because just maybe you have the dream too....

and just maybe the thought of chickens in your yard is as exciting as it was (and still is) to me.

But even more than what I can share with you,

is what you share with me!

Blogging has made the world a smaller place for me.

I now "know" so many like-minded folk from all over this country,

and even in other countries.

My quiet, rural life has grown rich with friends.

Yesterday I entertained Candice, her husband Richard from Texas

and their friends Marv from California and Alan from Connecticut.

They brought me my very own Texas armadillo...

and I offered to send a good 'ole Pennsylvania porcupine home with them!

By the end of our lunch together, I felt like we were old friends.
I have my blog to thank for directing good people my way!

After lunch I realized that we had lost Sammy somewhere on our walk.
Guessing that he got locked in somewhere along the way,
I checked the indoor arena...

sure enough!

"Mom!....you forgot about me!"

In a time when there seems to be so much bad news...

I blog to share the good...

to reassure us all that there is a lot of peace and harmony and love

still left in this world!

Thanks for being a part of it!

While we are making the world a little smaller,
how about we make the world a little warmer, too.
I just finished these two new neck warmers...from the softest, warmest wool...
yes, cold weather is coming!

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