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The Water

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When we first stepped foot on Flynn Creek Farm, there was a relatively modern home on the property, constructed in 2014, in addition to a not so new barn and an equipment shed.  There were agricultural fields, rocky forests, and land in a government conversation program.  We saw…
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The Listening

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One of the first things that hit me after Arriving on the farm was the quiet. I’ve written about seeking silence in blog posts before, but landing here, I think I've found it. Of course, our remote rural location presents challenges when it comes to infrastructure this city girl…
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Arriving

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This essay was originally published on Medium.com We allowed four days to drive from Park City to Verona, WI. It was actually three days of driving with a twenty-four hour stop in Denver to spend time with our daughter. The drive was necessary as we would need a car on the farm and…
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Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

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Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Although this novel turns into a fast-paced thriller mid-stream, what I was drawn to was the depth with which the characters are written. Catton was especially deft at portraying a complicated female friendship between women with similar life philosophies…
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The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

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The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan I was drawn to the dystopian premise of this novel, that mothers who aren't "good" must be reformed by the state, as well as the voice in the early chapters. However, all the pages describing Frida's time in "the school" are slow,…
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Searching for The Middle Path

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This essay was originally published on Medium.com It’s my second winter living in Utah and we’ve received record breaking snow fall. Last year at this time, it felt like there would never be another real winter and as I write this with the calendar about to turn to April, it…
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Daughter of a Promise

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The Nine

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Eden: A Novel

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