Remembering Mercy Farm - My Mercy Farm Perspective

They called it "the nunnery"

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:24:40 -0700

"The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself." George MacDonald

Mark McClure posted a comment on my blog mirror at blogspot which brought up a very interesting aspect of Mercy Farm living... the swinging dating scene (or lack thereof!).

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The only good bug is a dead bug!

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:41:07 -0800

"We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying." Douglas Adams

The saga continues, from pumpkins to pies.

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That which doesn't kill you only postpones the inevitable

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:23:00 -0800

I didn't think it would be so difficult to talk about the farm. After all, its been more than 20 years. However, you'll notice that its been some time since I last posted. Well, I guess I hit a mental block or something.
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Out of the frying pan and into the fire...

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:10:00 -0700

How did that happen? There I was, minding my own business, and the next thing I knew, I was picking pickles. I'd never worked on a farm before, I was a city girl. So what was I doing hefting a plastic bucket weighing about 50 lbs filled with itty-bitty cucumbers, breaking my back, and baking in the dry Colorado sun?

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Of pies and pickles....remembering Mercy Farm

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:29:00 -0800

After seeing the articles and comments posted on the Denver Post website regarding national pie day and some of the recipes for Mercy Farm Pies posted there, I decided to start a blog here for those of us who were part of Mercy Farm as well as those who remember us through our bakery and restaurants.
(Denver Post pie articles: Life of Pie and Life of Piety)
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