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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Nov 30 2005 : 3:18:13 PM
Dear MaryJane -
I have never met you, MaryJane. I probably never will. Yet when I see your photos and read your books and order your products, I feel a kinship. What a miracle of technology!
No matter who posts here on this site...no matter how this website evolves....I want you to know that I like you! And you are my friend. My never-to-meet friend.
Merry Christmas from your friend in absentia-your fellow mother of a young married daughter, and your comrade in arms for the simple life.
God Bless.
"Sell cleverness and buy wonder" |
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Apr 27 2006 : 12:24:03 PM
 Thankyou Mary Jane i am so glad i found this sight, I have met some wonderfull girls, and i have finally gotten to see the magazine i have been waiting for my mil to bring to me. I enjoyed it soooo much and i am looking forward to learning more in the future from all the talanted ladies on here sincerily Jo~
love is all you need |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 4:18:57 PM
Mary Jane
Just to let you all there at the farm know how much I enjoy being part of this site, so much to learn and so much to do. Never have time to be bored. Have your book and magazines, and like the rest of the girls are looking forward to your next book. Just keep being Mary Jane!!
NANCY JO |
| nancy erickson |
Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 07:09:44 AM
I join the Thanks to you Mary Jane.Your book was a wonderful gift from a friend after Christmas.You not only inspire but freshened my dreams.AND I was able to convince my husband to let me have a cow!!!I had broached the subject many times and nver got anywhere with it.Now between your book and this forum my Mary will be delivered next month.Thank you |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Jan 04 2006 : 03:56:55 AM
thankyou, all u farm girls. i am sooo happy to have discovered this sight and i have learned so much, and have met some wonderfull friends, it makes my days.i can't waite to tune in ever morning to all of the outside world of great gals ,love it!!! my mother in law has a magazine from u mary jane and she is teasing me with it, as she said the next time she comes to visit she is keeping it till then. she lives so far from here, about a four and a half hour drive, so she only comes when weather permitts, i wanted her to mail it to me, but she is enjoying the teasing tee hee!! i must say i can hardly waite to see it, she did say it was a lovely magazine, love from, jo!
love is all you need |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 31 2005 : 8:17:02 PM
WE have a nephew in Logan..I have never been there, but would love to..sounds so pretty!
We love Manti..have lived here 3 and 1/2 years. We were from Calif and have never ever been sorry we came here..wonderful place!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ |
| lolli |
Posted - Dec 31 2005 : 6:48:52 PM
Yay! A utah girl! My husband and I looked at buying a house in manti, and others along hwy 89, but then we found this one in paradise and fell in love. We've been here since Halloween, from slc. Paradise is south of logan off of hwy165. It's cold here! But beautiful. Are you a Manti native?
Paradise Girl |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 31 2005 : 6:27:45 PM
Welcome to the group Linda!!
Fun to see another Utah gal!! where is Paradise? I am in Manti!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ |
| lolli |
Posted - Dec 31 2005 : 6:18:05 PM
Hi, I'm new here, this is my first post. Beautiful poem! I just moved to the country to a house at the end of the road. My city friends think I'm crazy, it's nice to know that there are others like me out there. I bought MaryJane's book the first day I was here and it has inspired me in so many ways. Thank you!
Paradise Girl |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Dec 11 2005 : 06:28:48 AM
jp you are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Michele
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| The Pinup Cowgirl |
Posted - Dec 09 2005 : 11:25:28 AM
I sure how so jp! I know one of them loves the hat I made her, so I guess you're right!
"We can do no great things; only small things with great love."
-Mother Teresa |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Dec 09 2005 : 05:11:52 AM
Your room-mates will always remember you knitting, Holly. And they will take comfort in that memory, I just bet.
"Sell cleverness and buy wonder" |
| Jes |
Posted - Dec 09 2005 : 05:10:47 AM
jpbluesky....you are so sweet!
I owe Maryjane a big overdue THANKS for taking the time to chat with me at The "Get Creative NYC" in Central Park this past October. Since I've been home, I've been so busy, I've not had the time to play on the computer....but an early Christmas pressie from Hubby, and fast internet service finally coming to my neck of the woods has got me sneaking in the time time to visit old friends! (this site loads up in seconds....it's really a miracle I tell 'ya!)
Maryjane, the "bakeover" demonstration was fun to watch in person, and your family and friends that were there with you are just the sweetest! I told friends back here at home, that meeting you was just like running into one of the neigbors over at the local coop!
I have had many an idea for camping recipes....as well as overnite kayaking trips, but no time to test! You'll be the first to know when we do though! I am hoping to get snowshoing tomorrow with the family, and of course it's got me thinking about a "gourmet backpack lunch"....hmmmmm......an idea for the future?
Anyhoo....thanks for being you, and for giving all of us farmgirls a place to call home!!
~sweetpea
Just a Maine Girl
http://sweetpeas.motime.com ~journal
http://sweetpeasme.motime.com ~collective souls....a journal's journey |
| The Pinup Cowgirl |
Posted - Dec 08 2005 : 10:52:24 AM
As an old fashioned girl, your poem spoke of worlds gone past, and yet of road continuing right here. I know there's hope for us youngin's when strong women like you are helping to carry on the traditions of hearth and home's light, carrying us through the cold commercialism's night (apparently there's a poet in all of us). Thanks to women like you and Mary Jane (and of course my mother hen), I know there's hope for me to find a place in my world, where I won't be considered the 'grandma' of my roommates because I knit. Keep the writing coming!
"We can do no great things; only small things with great love."
-Mother Teresa |
| Eileen |
Posted - Dec 08 2005 : 09:30:40 AM
J.P. I made a copy of your poem and sent it in every one of my holiday cards. It reflects so much what i and many others of us are all about. My family and friends will enjoy it too.
Mary Jane, GREAT BIG CYBER HUGS TO YOU!
Eileen
Songbird; singing joy to the earth |
| Julia |
Posted - Dec 07 2005 : 2:10:08 PM
Jp, I loved your poem! It will find a place of honor in my Mj book. You write beautifully. Julia V.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Dec 06 2005 : 12:00:46 PM
Good point, Julia! Leaders and people of inspiration need filling up a lot in order to continue. I know the farm, your hubby and your children and your employees do that, MaryJane, but I hope we also give you a boost when you need it!
"Sell cleverness and buy wonder" |
| Julia |
Posted - Dec 06 2005 : 11:57:13 AM
I have been out of the loop for awhile and am trying to catch up. But my you girls make that a difficult task. There is always so much wonderful info, and heart felt posts that catching up seems almost impossible. After reading this post, and all the beautiful things said, I too, must chime in (Ding). My mom was the one who introduced me to you Maryjane,via your magazine. It immediatly filled my soul. Then finding this forum became one of the sources to encourage and strengthen my role as a wife, mother and woman. I continually am blessed and filled back up everytime I come here. I have made many friends,in my heart, with the kindship that is offered so freely here. Thanks Maryjane for opening your heart and world, to be a well spring for us all. May we in turn fill you up when the well runs dry.
God bless, Julia V.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| sqrl |
Posted - Dec 06 2005 : 08:47:16 AM
Beautiful, simply beautiful. Everything
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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| julia hayes |
Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 9:06:39 PM
what an extraordinary exchange! jpbluesky, your poem is magnificent. thank you for sharing..inspiration is contagious and I'll never cease to be amazed over how women decide to express such a divine force. Susan, your honesty was refreshing and grounding and I really appreciated your humility. What a wonderful idea to gather womenfolk to explore what already binds you and those things are tighten the knots. I love that.
Queen Bee Mary Jane, I, too, feel somehow indebted. You have not only validated my life choices but you have offered an array of new avenues to pursue for creative expression and simple living. I was listening to an old B52's song today and one of the lines is "she breaks for rainbows".. you have reminded me to do just that. I'm very grateful! thank you.
I understand that you will be in Spokane at Auntie's on Saturday for a book signing..am I correct? I'm planning to be there!! many smiles to you and all you beautiful farm-girls..
blessings, Julia
being simple to simply be |
| sleepless reader |
Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 3:27:14 PM
Thank you for the incredible adaptation of Foss' poem. The Foss poem is my father's favorite and I'm embroidering it for him for Christmas. I think I'll have to do a version of yours to hang on my wall.
Thanks MaryJane for suggesting this.
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| quiltedess |
Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 10:31:44 AM
I've been "away" from the forum for so long. What a way to reconnect. Thanks so much to all!
Love,
Nancy
http://quiltedprairie.blogspot.com/ |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 09:53:52 AM
Ladies, I've been away from the forum for a couple of days and look what happened!! JP, I don't have the words to express my admiration for your poem. It gets right to the core of us farmgirls and speaks for us. Thanks for suggesting it, MJ. You know how I feel about you and your contributions to our lives.
In love and light,
Patricia
Happy Wishes! |
| prairiemaid |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 08:12:51 AM
Ditto!
Call me old fashioned. |
| Linda Houston |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 03:56:44 AM
Another thank you, JP. Echos from our souls. |
| KJD |
Posted - Dec 03 2005 : 1:41:40 PM
Thank you, jpbluesky - great job.
MaryJane - tell us what you thought about Walk the Line?...
Personally - I loved it. |
