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So now, one thing’s led to another and we’re planning some farmgirl events like rolling pin bakeoffs (that’ll be me teaching you how to make a BakeOver); fresh eggs and milk, etc. for sale (the etc. will include Clou selling huckleberry everything — she’s got a serious huckleberry hankering); farmgirl campouts; farm tours (hosted by farmgirl Cindylou, too); some more front porch kind of connecting, no matter where you are in conjunction to us, like in our last issue (that’ll be Pam); apron contests; swap and forage gatherings; nostalgic farm stuff for sale (I have extra of everything to share); old fashioned anything (I like old red jeep trucks. Come to think of it, we’ve got one of those we can sell, actually, it’s Ruby’s Dad’s. Oh, and Ruby’s the kind of farmgirl who’s always gathering and swapping vintage stuff. She’ll come too, and Cecelia Ann and Nita’ll be there and Julie Bell and Kattie and Sayra (she makes vintage hats on a little farm out in Princeton next to her husband’s diesel mechanic shop), and the Farm Chicks over near Spokane said they’d come and sell their stuff, and Carol said she’d be happy to do any gift wrapping.

And so, like I said on my contents page up in the front few pages of my magazine, it’s easy to sign up, subscribe, get behind, pitch in. Membership, as they say, has its benefits, and no matter where you are, you’re invited to join us. We call our local chapter the MJ Farmgirls. You’ll be privy to all the nuances of when and where we gather, but never the how of it.

We know you’ll know how, once you get here. In fact, we’ll show you how to do what we do so well, you can take the idea back home with you so you can have your own farmgirl events, not to mention haulin’ home lots of farm nostalgic stuff, cooking ideas, farmgirl tales and such.

P.S. I’m thinking about having a booth where I can fit you for a pair of MaryJane branded shoes, maybe even some red cowgirl boots!

P.P.S. My son Emil, my husband Nick, and Cindylou’s husband Aaron said to bring your guys along, and they’d be sure to cook up something special for them. You know where that went: “On-site guy sitting available.” True to their nature, they talked about a barbecue, beer, old junk cars, sports, whittling, whistling and pyrotechnic demonstrations, with maybe even some Click & Clack type sessions thrown in. At the very least, they can have some fun too, and then help pack up all the scratchin’s you forage to take back home to your own little nest.