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Across the Fence:  Did being a MaryJane's FARMGIRL change you?  |
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
273 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 10:19:02 AM
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I don't think it has really changed me BUT I am now comfortable being who I am. I used to feel like a second class citizen because I lived on a farm when I was in school (years ago). Fellow classmates would look down on me because of it. I didn't realize how it affected my life until I found the MJF magazine and the forum. You farmgirls don't know how much you mean to me, all the things I've learned and now I can be me and the heck with what other people think! THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!!
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
731 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 2:49:07 PM
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Melody, I'm with you. I've always been a farmgirl. It's nice to finally have someone to chat with that does not think I'm a nut for loving chickens or spending hours just joy riding on the tractor. I really don't think I've changed at all other than being able to share some of my ideas with others without the fear of being laughed at. Now I'm laughed with.
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 11:47:14 PM
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I with Rene - it made me realize who I really am. I always thought I was the corporate suit type. Then I found MaryJane's and realized that I've always been a Farmgirl at heart and am comfortable in an apron. I also have learned to simplify and live more organically. It's all good!
The Rustic Cottage Blog http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2009 : 1:11:09 PM
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ha ha yes, Victoria, you are so right!!
Linda in Scranton, PA
"I dare you to scare yourself with how beautiful you are."
Rob Brezsny from http://freewillastrology.com/home.shtml
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Aug 23 2009 : 1:22:53 PM
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THis is an easy one...in a way for me. I have done a complete 180 since finding "Dawn". I have so much more confidence and I'm not afraid to 'put myself out there'. Fear is something I control and it does not control me. I've learned to be open minded and open hearted. I have learned the value of hard work and learned to relish the joys of hard works returns. For years, I didn't know Dawn. Or what Dawn wanted or wanted to give. I certainly do now. MJ's way of life has given my purpose, strength, beauty and structure at a time I desperately needed it most.
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
http://maknfaces.blogspot.com
~Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --Will Rogers~ |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2009 : 2:53:39 PM
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Dawn, that's an answer! Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Linda in Scranton, PA
"I dare you to scare yourself with how beautiful you are."
Rob Brezsny from http://freewillastrology.com/home.shtml
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2009 : 4:39:39 PM
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Changed me? No I'm still the same mean old onery b-tch, I've always been, but I've found people here who don't hold it against me, lol!!!
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 05:22:41 AM
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No change here
Most of what we post about are things I had already been doing for years. Some of us had been into the organic thing before it became en vogue. It's nice to see more naturalistic approaches becoming mainstream and not just for Hippies anymore
It is refreshing to see and read about others who share so many of the same interests and to know I'm not the only farmgirl out there who can wear grubbies in the garden and still make the switch to nice when the situation dictates
I don't wear aprons since my bum around clothes fit that bill just fine...however I do wear one when I'm in serious canning mode.
And at work i;m kind of mentoring a farmgirl to be. She has recently become interested in gardening and is as enamored about her chickens as I am about ours. Funny to see other peple loose interest and glaze over while the two of us banter on with excitement about something silly a chicken may have done or rooster woes |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 05:55:28 AM
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I think it's enhanced what I already knew, awakened dreams I had long ago set aside as 'impossible' and spread my wings toward being the 'crazy city girl who moved to the country', as I firmly believe my neighbors think of me! I'm doing, or wanting to do all those things they are now trying to get away from. I am giving them reasons to shake their heads in 'it'll never work' gestures at my raised bed garden, and then stunning them when they actually work. I'm sending them into amazement when I ask questions about the 'old ways', and then really listen,and sometimes take notes! And, for the first time in my life, I can feel a deep seated contentment that I had only prayed for before. I'm like a lot of y'all. I'm not nuts. I AM A FARMGIRL!!!!!!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 11:08:43 AM
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bumping this topic up so it can be seen again..
I have more things to say here but gotta think first.
Linda in Scranton, PA
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 7:16:33 PM
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I would say MJ's finally gave me permission to be who I already knew I was!!! I don't feel so crazy now for drooling over seed catalogs and picking out farm houses and fixin' them up in my mind as we drive along. Like Dawn, it introduced my REAL self to me...ha!!! And I ain't suppressing those good vibes anymore!!!
Heather
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 4:37:07 PM
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i made me feel more comfy in my own shoes, that there are other strong women out there that feel the same way as i do about being a farmgirl!!! and that is truly comforting. it makes me proud to live the life i'm living. my city friends may mock me, but i KNOW who i am and am not ashamed!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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