big, little reader
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this life i live
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Dec 14, 2023
little jo
It was a cold morning here at the farm this weekend as Indy and I were doing chores together..
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Nov 6, 2023
opening the school
Starting in the new year, we’re opening the schoolhouse to lots more children....
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Sep 5, 2023
community corn harvest
Last weekend in Montana, we joined in with about 100 other people and harvested sweet corn together, the old fashioned way…
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Jun 1, 2023
singing chickens
In the Li’l Homesteader area at the Festival this year, we’ve got a couple of big surprises for the kids who come…
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Apr 14, 2023
tulip festival
We spent Easter weekend at Baker Creek Seeds in Missouri, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of flowers…
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Apr 12, 2023
talent show
On Friday, the kids from the Schoolhouse held their first-ever Talent Show
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Feb 23, 2023
a BFG birthday
On Friday night, we celebrated Indy turning 9 with a special party in the concert hall…
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Feb 22, 2023
downs on the farm
This weekend we’re hosting a down Syndrome conference here in Homestead Hall at our farm…
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Feb 17, 2023
number 9
As Indiana turns 9 today, I take a video walk back through all the birthdays that led us to this one…
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Feb 10, 2023
re-imagining school
Our schoolhouse here at the farm is on front cover of Plain Values this month. A special issue all about education…
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Feb 3, 2023
the mulehouse
I’m a big dreamer. Ridiculous actually. But now and then I meet someone who is an even bigger dreamer than I am…
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Jan 30, 2023
christmas morning
Indiana had a special gift from Santa this year under the Christmas tree…
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Feb 27, 2021
seven
Indiana recently turned seven years old. How can that be? Just yesterday, I was carrying her around everywhere...
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Apr 29, 2020
joey takes indy to the farm store
I was looking through an old hard drive the other day and came across some footage I hadn't seen before.
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Feb 5, 2018
foreward
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but for my new book that is coming out this June, I disagree. What’s on the front of my...
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Jan 15, 2018
little people
I went with my friend Bradley Walker to a 60th surprise birthday party in Athens, Alabama on Saturday night. It was for another friend...
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