Originally posted on Cotswolds wanderer:
? In my mind I like to compare myself to Achilles. I am one strong superhuman capable of resisting the most pernicious, vicious, dangerous monster of our times: advertising. Brainwashed I may be by all the glitter and the glamour but still I stand strong in order to appease my master and second monster of…
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, is one of my all-time favorite books. I especially love these inspirational and moving lines spoken by Marmee, matriarch of the family: “If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it […]
I think I’ve mentioned that the Cotswolds area of England is one of my favorite places. Last July, my husband and I were on our way back to a cottage we were renting in the village of Bledington. We had just finished dinner at a fantastic restaurant/pub called the Wild Rabbit in Kingham and were driving through the countryside, when […]
My name is Tonya, and I grew up on a 300-acre farm in rural Virginia that has been in my family for over 100 years. After graduating from college, receiving my master’s degree in speech and language pathology, and living and working in a small city for six years, I decided to return to the place of my childhood. Here, in this rural area, on this patch of green, where for four generations my family has farmed, gardened, and lived, I, too wanted to be a part of this continuity. As a fourth generation farmgirl, I have many interests that not only include, but also go beyond the basics of farming, gardening, sheep and chicken-keeping. It is all of this and more that I plan on sharing in this blog.
