Outbreak of Idaho Kindness

Colleen, one of our store employees in town, told me that a couple of weeks ago, the morning after we received close to two feet of snow, she experienced a stranger’s kindness while shoveling snow. A young man walked up, relieved her of her shovel, and spent the next 45 minutes clearing the sidewalk. But what really spoke to Colleen was this …

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  1. Debra Davis says:

    Cool! I love stories like this. Most people really are good.

  2. Jen says:

    At a very young age I taught my boys (now 22 &24) to everyday do one R. A. K… random act of kindness and to not take any money for doing so. Over the years I witnessed them practicing this over and over. To this day they do “nice” things for people/strangers and don’t even think twice. If more people would do at least one R.A.K. a day this would be a better world..

  3. drMolly says:

    What a lovely tale. It is so nice when one is reaffirmed that kind folks still are around!

  4. Kari says:

    Aaaaaah! That felt really good.
    Thank you for the sweet stories of goodness. What goes around does come around.

  5. Jennifer says:

    If everyone in America did small acts of kindness every day, what a wonderful nation we would be!

  6. Melissa says:

    Such a heartwarming story. It’s nice to know that good kindhearted giving people are among us. If everyone would just take the time to do something nice every day what our world would be like.

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photo-of-the-day

  1. The look on the younger gal is adorable…she is so not happy. Love the colors in the big blue sky, rolling green hills and of course that georgous orange hair!

  2. Oh, what a great photo 🙂 🙂 I’d love to be out in the open air counstryside like that 😉 🙂 Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 🙂

  3. Linda says:

    Very pretty picture… Where is this at… Very pretty farm as well….

    • MaryJane says:

      This is a photo taken at our farm during one of our annual Farm Fairs. The young woman with braids was giving pony rides to the children in attendance. About 3,000 people came over the course of two days.

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A Mission Awaits You

Break out your binoculars, girls, you’re needed on the frontlines.

The approach of February might give you the blues, or the grays, depending on what part of the country you inhabit. Chin up. Come clouds or chilly temperatures, a mission awaits you.

Are you game? …

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  1. Bridget Coyle says:

    I’ve always wanted to do this, I guess this is the time to just do it.

    Thank you for all the information.

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  1. mckee Cox says:

    I love tatting!! I had never heard of it, and no one else around here in NC had either, so I taught myself from your stitching room book, and I fell in love!! Now I do it in my spare time, and people are just amazed!!

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Smile, You’re It!

In the wake of the holidays, I get all fired up to find ways to keep on giving without buying—or spending—a thing. You and I both know that a farmgirl’s greatest gifts rarely come with a price tag anyway. (And who would dare put a dollar value on a hug or, say, a smile?) This brings me to my latest discovery …

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  1. Just signed up for Smile Cards-plan on using them as I search for a job. Unable to go back to the type of work I did..don’t have many skills but nursing, and a little computer skill-self taught. Wish me luck!

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New Fashioned Bartering

Love it! This video will get you to thinking about how to set up a barter system in your community or among your group of friends. Brilliant.

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New Year “Feel Good” Story

Appearing this past week in our local newspaper was yet another version of the 10,000 book library that readers of my magazine built for …

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  1. Meg says:

    Happy New Year Momma!! I just saw your post and wanted to added my two cents worth…that I cry every time I read this story…but my two cents are the same as yours! Surprise, surprise. I love you so. Looking forward to 2012!

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