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Across the Fence:  Are We A 21st Century Tribe?  |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 30 2005 : 5:09:55 PM
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More and more women are joining this wonderful forum. We are diverse and scattered across land and sea... We support each other in trials and hardship...We celebrate births of children and grandchildren.. We mourn and offer sympathy and comfort and prayer when one of us looses a loved one or is hurting...We tend to health and give medicinal advice and strategie for healing...We share joy...We share pain...We lash out at times and vent, but it is tolerated and forgiven and understood...We marvel at each others accomplishments... Is this ancient women tribal bonding on a 21st century scale? We will always seek each other out...We are sisters...We are women and powerful.( Oh and for any males reading this...it's alright if you are here too and joining us...we welcome your voice too!)
The flowers flee from Autumn, but not you-
You are the fearless rose that grows amidst the freezing wind. Rumi |
Edited by - MeadowLark on Jul 30 2005 5:10:58 PM |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2005 : 5:21:18 PM
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   Meadowlark, So well said!!!!! Yes, this forum is my tribe. I'm glad I finally have found a niche to belong to, where I fit in. And, yes, you are my sisters... you've stepped right up to fill that gap. Brothers are great, but I've been missing sisters all my life! Thank you all! XXXXXXXXXXX Lotsa hugs. I think I'll beat my drum now... feels appropriate. Perhaps call us all together? 
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2005 : 6:22:24 PM
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What a wonderful thought! I love it!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2005 : 6:56:34 PM
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We also share agricultural advice: the growing and preparing of food, animal husbandry, use of textile, child rearing advice, advice on birth control and menopause...can't get much more ancient than this sisters!
The flowers flee from Autumn, but not you-
You are the fearless rose that grows amidst the freezing wind. Rumi |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2005 : 9:11:06 PM
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I totally agree!! I love what you wrote! I am so glad to have found this place and all of you!!
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."
--Eleanor Roosevelt |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Jul 30 2005 : 9:44:13 PM
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Jenny and all-- What an interesting way to think about this group!I think in one of my very first posts I used the words,"I have found my people". This crazy machine has given us a way to connect across states, countries and wherever kindred spirits dwell. I have shared stories and thoughts with all of you that only a few people close to me know. How strange that this forum gives us the ability to open our hearts, and hopefully our minds to what each of us has to share without being judgemental or close minded. We laugh, cry and share our concerns ,worries, joys and celebrations. We have certainly become a community of friends I sure like to visit!
with a happy heart |
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
417 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 06:14:44 AM
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Sweet Jenny Meadowlark,
You have descibed exactly what my heart has been singing for a few months now.Although you have all known each other a bit longer and I am a fledgling sister you all feel closer to me than my own sister,who thinks all of my interests are "backwards" and "too much work".of course we all know better.
Before I found the connection, I was searching the web, in vain, for a penpal/network/chat that fit me.I felt such an incredible longing to find even just one gal to share ideas with and,lo and behold, I have found a bushel full!!An extra big hug to my local PA farmgirl, HildieMae for our renewed committment to unabashedly sharing our farmgirl ways with the world around us.It continues to blossom!!!
In the last few months, my already blessed life has been enriched in a thousand ways by meeting all of you.
Jenny, thank you so much for posting this sentiment........
It will live large in my heart today.
I look forward to the day when we all meet..I know it is destined to happen..
Sue
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
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Edited by - BlueEggBabe on Nov 02 2005 09:34:48 AM |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 08:07:20 AM
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Meadowlark - Thank you for posting your beautiful and eloquent thoughts. I feel blessed and lucky and also a little bewildered to have found such a wonderful and consistently caring group of women. You guys make each day better and more loving. And modern technology made it possible for us!!! Even though we are all striving to preserve the old ways, the new ones can be made "human" too if we use them that way.
Thanks to all of you!
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 09:51:36 AM
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My drum is beating girls. I have poured out my heart to you on subjects I dont normally discuss. I am a better person for knowing all of you! Michele
"she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands". Prov. 31:13 |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 10:00:13 AM
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{{{{Hugs to all of you sweet farmgirl tribe}}}}
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the Aching or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain" ~Emily Dickinson
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 1:00:07 PM
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Oh JP -- I read your post and it just brought tears to my eyes! I can not begin to tell all of you how much you have come to mean to me in the short time I've been here. I check in a couple of times a day just to see what my friends have been up to. I have lived my whole life wanting to be where I am right at this moment -- living on my property, changing my modern hectic life back to a simpler one, doing things the way my mom and grandma used to do them, and learning new things every day from all of you. The experience of connecting with all of you, sharing my heart with you, and learning from your wisdom is like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. We are a 21st Century Tribe of smart, strong, and beautiful women!!!
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 2:28:48 PM
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We even have our own "names" that fit our personalities, like other tribes before us did!
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
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Lazycreek
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
Charlee
Mt Ida
AR
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 2:47:52 PM
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I love coming here and you spoke the words from all our hearts.
Charlee
Believe in the power of your dreams |
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
291 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2005 : 11:44:51 PM
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Well said Meadowlark and I couldnt agree with you more..
A great oak, is just a little nut which held it's ground. |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2005 : 04:17:58 AM
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Thank you, Meadowlark, for writing what I feel in my heart. I look forward to spending time with all of you each day. You have opened parts of my heart that I had closed because I had no one to share the farmgirl in me. Thank you for sharing your talent with us and speaking from you heart.
Linda |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2005 : 05:26:08 AM
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I totally agree! We are a 21st century tribe and this website is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Everyone here is so thoughtful and caring. I NEED you all. I was having major withdrawals this weekend, as my laptop I brought from work is not working in my hotel room. 
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2005 : 05:48:10 AM
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Hi Kim - how is Kansas City? Going to meet any of the tribe while you are there? :)
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2005 : 05:50:18 AM
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Meadowlark,
What a wonderful way to describe this connection we all feel! Before a friend told me about this website, I felt like what I was doing every day was just ME out there on the farm working and then back home raising kids, quilting, and making use of the farm's produce . . . now I feel like it is what WE do every day. This tribe brings me such peace and joy. I look forward to the personal e-mails, the wonderful discussions on the site, and the surprises in my mailbox. We have so much in common and I treasure these positive farmgirl friendships.
Jane
"Let us then plant with diligence and care
The garden of the soil,
But let us, with far deeper earnestness,
Tend the garden of our hearts."
~ from The Cottage Gardener, 1849 |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2005 : 10:17:19 AM
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Hey Farm Girls!
Meadowlark What a wonderful, touching way to describe our group. Everyone has contributed so many fine comments that I will only add that you are like "kindred spirits" to me. I have never found a group that was so like-minded and kind. I have tried to explain this to others but they don't seem to understand how special this is. I feel that our "Tribe" is with me each day and truly treasure this. We are truly sisters.
It is ironic that such modern technology has connected those that value the "old ways."
Connie
cozycottage |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2005 : 11:54:01 AM
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Well farmgirl tribe...My drum is broken (my computer is crashed) I took the hard drive in to a computer repair and hopefully my "drum" will be beating soon!
The flowers flee from Autumn, but not you-
You are the fearless rose that grows amidst the freezing wind. Rumi |
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
1199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2005 : 12:29:58 PM
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Hi Meadowlark, so your pony threw you huh? Did you have to go to the library to get on again and beat your drum a little? These cyber ponies get a little tough to get along with sometimes. Hope you are back on soon.
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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little feather
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Tawnya
Walnut Creek
California
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2005 : 1:09:03 PM
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Thank you all for every word, every idea, story, all of the sharing.
I am so new- I keep the site open all day and look at all the updated chat going on. I've read through most postings already.
I feel not only that I connect in my everyday life and interests- but, also that I can find a part of myself here in each of your lives that I don't have in mine!
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2005 : 2:24:08 PM
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Things are going well here in Kansas. I would love to get together with any and all of the Kansas tribe members. Shoot me an e-mail Kansas gals. I have a lot of free time!!!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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JoyIowa
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Joy
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Posted - Aug 04 2005 : 09:26:52 AM
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Ditto!
To live without farm life is merely existing, to live with farm life is living life to it very last experience. |
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 08:41:14 AM
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So much has been said and I agree with in all. I too have had a hard time decribing to other people what kind of connection we have here. I never knew you could have such a connection with so many women you have never met face to face. It's so freeing in a way it leaves all judgement away ( as it should be in the world in general) and we love eachother for our words and all the feeling behind those words. It so good!
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com/artisan
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 5:36:39 PM
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I love the new pic of the sweet little girl holding up the farmgirl bumper sticker on the home page...Then the sociologist in me came out and said "Are the bumper stickers a device to let others know we belong to this tribe?" Food for thought...but I love it, and wear my tribal badge proudly on my car!
The flowers flee from Autumn, but not you-
You are the fearless rose that grows amidst the freezing wind. Rumi |
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