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katiem
Farmgirl in Training
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kate
memphis
tennessee
USA
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 Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 3:49:20 PM
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Jenna,
Your photo of Cold Antler farm is PERFECT! I'll see it in my sleep.
Tell me it's not too late for me.
If your book is about hope - I need some. Share the wealth. Tell me it's not too late to chunk all that keeps me from being somewhere like your are and doing something like you are doing.
Can your company or someone you know use a self taught graphic designer with minimal knowledge and some decent fine art skills (drawing - some watercolor). I need some way to support myself in the back woods. I don't require much.
Oops had a crazy moment - listen to me - like I don't have a husband who would have something to say about where he wanted to live. Well, maybe I'll have to make my plans and hope he wants to follow along. He always says he wants to live in a small mountain town and he is totally ready to leave Memphis. He was the one got me hooked on the idea of living in the Rockies somewhere. He went climbing in Jackson WY when he was just a teenager and never got it out of his blood. His friends from high school either moved to WY or Alaska and he married me instead and somehow we got stuck in the delta. (Family, jobs, you know.) He is a fitness trainer and martial artist.
He loves mountain biking and hiking and climbing.
Well if you have any ideas on how to relocate. Pass them on. I'm serious
Tell me how you found your place/farm and your work?
Kate, the closet farmgirl |
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ColdAntler
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Jenna
Sandgate
VT
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 4:03:02 PM
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hi kate
I got this job just applying through creativehotlist.com. it lists all sorts of graphic and arts jobs by location. I got here by accident really. I was working in knoxville and taking it for granted, and i always wanted to live in the PNW. So i applied ona lark and it all happened from there. They packed and moved me and I've been here since.
If you want to move, save up a bit. land a job and move darling! It's not hard to find rural property to rent, and if you don't need much cash you can at least get started working somewhere part time till then. Honestly, my dream is to work for myself as a writer. But, its a long way off. But like you, i'm hoping to reach my own goals somehow too!!
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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
444 Posts
Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
444 Posts |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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Cheryl
True Blue Farmgirl
919 Posts
Cheryl
Magalia
CA
USA
919 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 5:43:35 PM
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Welcome Jenna, Love the pictures!
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 7:12:17 PM
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Welcome Jenna
Cold Antler Farm is beautiful!
Vicki
who says Farmgirls aren't elegant |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
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ColdAntler
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Jenna
Sandgate
VT
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 08:35:07 AM
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i was offered a job and a chance to move cross country all expenses paid, so i took it. I'll be back in the smokies someday, and you can count on that with one hand
http://itsafarwalk.blogspot.com/ |
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theknottysheep
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Kary
knitting in the sea on an island
RI
USA
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 10:19:52 AM
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Welcome Jenna. The area you live in sounds wonderful. And you sound very talented!!! Love the dogs - have two myself. You'll love it here - so many forums to jump into and share your experiences and learn from as well.
Peace and love.
Annie |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 10:57:31 AM
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Welcome Jenna! Oh, my! You live in such a beautiful place on earth! I love the picture of your dogs! Looks like one is tasting the snow!Sounds like you are enjoying a wonderful life and looking forward to getting to know you. You will love MJF!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
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katiem
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
kate
memphis
tennessee
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 6:40:38 PM
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Jenn,
Thanks for the link creativehotlist. I checked it out and can see that I have some work to do.
got to get some trainging in some more graphic design programs and familiar with mac to be marketable. I up for it though. I think it is a great career that allows work from distance locations possible.
I really do like my work creating invitations and personal stationery. But, sI 'm afraid there is not as much call for it in the the mountain areas of say , CO WY ID MT. Where as, we southern bells from TN, AL and GA - we got to throw our big parties, "Cocktail Suppers" - "Engagement Suppers" - "Bridesmaids Luncheons" and on and on!
Personal stationery is nice is a nice product, too - but with more and more folks emailing - who needs to write on stationery (made of trees that have been sacraficed). Maybe I could come up with a line of stationery, invitations, and greeting cards all made of recycled or hemp paper and with mountain life scenes and motifs.
Sounds like a plan.
Being a writer is also a wonderful option for a career. I write also and have had a manuscript at a few publishers. I'm not aggresive and persistant enough with my endeavors to be published.
My manuscript is a children's book set in the depression era and is about a 9 yr old girl from south, Alabama who on a regular summer visit with her county grandmother gets involved in a near death experience with her mullato friend and the local town misfit, who is an adult with downs syndrome. One becomes the hero, one learns to trust, and one learns to withhold judgement until there is understanding. I like it - I think it's good - but I wrote it, so I don't count that much. The kinda cool thing is that it happens in a real place and most of the charaters were real people. I've done most of the watercolor illustrations - some need some work, still.
But, anyway -I do like to write - as you can tell by my much to long "quick replies" to you chat room posts. Sorry
Kate
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Corinnelouise
True Blue Farmgirl
957 Posts
Corinne
France
957 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 11:06:46 AM
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Welcome Jenna, these dogs are fantastic, we used to do long rides with dogs in Quebec. congratulations about your upcoming book, let us know when it is out.
Corinne
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ACountryGirl
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Nannie
Ca
USA
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katiem
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
kate
memphis
tennessee
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 7:04:54 PM
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Jenna,
I'm planning on going to Knoxville next weekend to take my daughter on a little college tour trip. We're checking out UT Knox and Middle Tennessee State Univ in Murfreesboro.
Got any recommedations on where to stay and neat things to see in Knoxville?
Thanks
kate
Kate, the closet farmgirl |
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ColdAntler
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Jenna
Sandgate
VT
USA
89 Posts |
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katiem
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
kate
memphis
tennessee
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 7:18:37 PM
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Jenna,
thanks for the references. What are MAst general store and Yee Haw?
I've done the Cades Cove loop several times. It is always beautiful! I'll try to go again on this trip. I'll probably have to hog tie my 18 yr old very city-girl daughter to get her to go with me but she needs to see it. She was probably 8 yrs old the last time we went.
Hey do you have any ideas for a long-term camping refridgeration solution. I saw one idea in Mary Janes book but wondered about others. I do kinda have an aversion to big bright colored plastic containers so if anyone has any other ideas let me know.
Kate
Kate, the closet farmgirl |
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ColdAntler
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Jenna
Sandgate
VT
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 10:02:28 PM
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long term fridge solution is pband j sandwhiches, sorry.
but, mast general store is on gay street in knoxville, its a big old fashioned general store with candy in barrels and friendly faces. yee haw is an old fashioned letterpress across the street. amazing work and cheap unique tennessee prints! i'll be in knox in sept!
http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/
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katiem
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
kate
memphis
tennessee
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2007 : 8:26:56 PM
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J,
so you're Going to Knoxville in Sept?
If your driving and coming through Memphis, let me know. You'd be welcome to camp out in our guest room.
We've got plenty of space and you'd be welcome.
Lemme know.
Thanks again for the input.
p.s. going to a beginning kyaking course tomorrow - should be fun - but blazing hot.
letcha know how it goes.
Kate
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