Author Profiles:
Number of posts: 1
Email address: bruce.breckbill@lehmans.com
Web site: http://www.lehmans.com
Bee Smith
Profile:
I was born in Queens, N.Y, reared in Pennsylvania, did university in Washington, D.C. Then I moved to England for nineteen years. I lived first in London and then in Leeds. After my partner's sister died of cancer in 2000, we decided to take the leap of faith and move to Ireland to be nearer his family. Despite our friends thinking we were mad and feckless, it has worked out. The angels really do look after fools! We have a cottage on an acre and a quarter three miles from where the River Shannon rises. We have a polytunnel to grow vegetables and fruit organically, a small orchard of apple trees and plans to create a sacred space on the land over the rest of our lifetimes. We share our home with two tortoiseshell cats, Zelda and her daughter Zymina, and three dogs, Murphy, Pippin and Cara.
Number of posts: 9
Email address: bee.smith.dowra@gmail.com
Web site: http://lowimpact2noimpactyear.blogspot.com/
Connie Peterson
Profile:Connie (aka Spinning Grandma) lives on Ash Lane Farm in southwest Minnesota. She is an expert on spinning, weaving and knitting and a former history interpreter.
Number of posts: 10
Email address: cpthegreat@federatedwildblue.com
Web site: http://cpthegreat.blogspot.com
Dori Fritzinger
Profile:I live and work with my multi-generational family in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. We have a farm of cows and calves, wool sheep, dairy goats, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens, honey bees, a horse and a donkey. We have a goat's milk soap and bath products line available on our farm web site. I enjoy reading, quilting and doing embroidery.
Number of posts: 17
Email address: soaringeaglefarm@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.soaringeaglefarm.com
Galen Lehman
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Lehman’s President and son of founder Jay Lehman. Between meetings and conference calls, he tends his mini farm, including a menagerie of sheep, horses, dogs, cats, and occasionally chickens and cattle. And a motorcycle.
Number of posts: 25
Email address: galen.lehman@lehmans.com
Web site: http://www.lehmans.com
Glenda Ervin
Profile:
Lehman’s Vice President of Marketing and daughter of founder Jay Lehman. She has filled her home with Lehman's products, and enjoys the challenge of using low tech in a high tech life. In addition to media relations and advertising for Lehman's, she speaks to groups about the history of Lehman's and the unique growth of the family owned and operated business.
Number of posts: 16
Email address: Glenda.Ervin@Lehmans.com
Web site: http://www.lehmans.com
Greg Wood
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Greg is Lehman’s E-Commerce Director and Web Master. He’s also a motorcycle and gadget junkie. He drinks his yogurt. He maintains his own personal Blog called Motorcycle Thoughts Quote:"Life is Short, Live it big, Live it NOW. "
Number of posts: 45
Email address: greg.wood@lehmans.com
Web site: http://www.motorcyclethoughts.com
JB Reynolds
Number of posts: 3Email address: jbreynolds@comcast.net
Judith Costello
Profile:A certified art therapist, Judith is the author of numerous articles and books on parenting and child development, including Zen Parenting. She writes from Moriarty, New Mexico.
Number of posts: 7
Email address: judith@parentingwithspirit.com
Web site: http://www.parentingwithspirit.com
Kevin Wright
Profile:Kevin lives with his family in Illinois, where he is a market gardener, freelance nature photographer and writer.
Number of posts: 3
Email address: wrightsrca@prodigy.net
Linda Rose
Greetings from " Land's End" in Nova Scotia! My name is Linda Rose. My husband , Bill, and I have been living on and farming organically on a ten acre farm for 23 years now. Bill grew up dairy farming and I grew up and lived in both the city and country. We were married thirty years ago July 9th. and are former Light House Keepers. I am a writer, mother of four, grandmother of two, former dog groomer, hospital worker and now do child care part time. Bill always farmed but also did gardening for others . He was also assitant Light Keeper on Green Island and Bon Portage Island off the south shore of Nova Scotia. We live in what is now called Short Beach on the south shore of Nova Scotia. Many years ago before the first white settlers set foot from their sailing vessels on the rocky shores of Short Beach the natives called this place Kespoogwit. Translated to English it means "lands end" Appropriately named, the land does end a two minute walk from our farm. This is where the Atlantic Ocean beats the rocky shores holding us spell bound. Nature, ever changing, demostrates the puniness of man or woman to the relentless forces of the sea. The forefathers of many people who reside in this area sailed on vessels from England and Scotland. They journeyed to Nova Scotia to begin their lives afresh in a new land. They brought with them only the bare essentials of clothing and tools and in some cases animals. They came men, women and children. Challenged by the weather more than from hostility of the original inhabitants, many a stout man and woman carved homesteads from forested land near the Atlantic. The weather and rocky soil presented obstacles for the original homesteaders and the generations who would follow them. Bill and I came to Short Beach in 1985. I prefer to call our homestead "Land's End". Our journey was much different than that of the first homesteaders who settled here. However our lifestyle is not a whole lot different. We still till the ground and mow the hay with horse drawn implements. I sweep the house with a straw broom and cook on a wood stove. Although ;someone thinking I was missing something gave us an electric stove and fridg; I still prefer my wood stove. Our wood for heat comes from a wood lot and is hauled five miles home with our work horse. Our food is grown organically using mostly simple hand tools to work the soil. The Atlantic continues to hold its observers hypnotized by its sporadic beauty. Tranquil repose is periodically interrupted by furious surging tides, eroding and redefining the shoreline of Short Beach. This is Kespoogwit ; "Land's End". It is our home.
Number of posts: 13
Email address: lrose456@yahoo.ca
Melinda Hill
Profile:Melinda is Extension Educator with OSU Extension Wayne County.
Number of posts: 6
Email address: hill.14@osu.edu
Pat Veretto
Profile:Pat is a frugal living expert with many published articles. She lives in Colorado and maintains her own Frugal Living Blog (which we love!).
Number of posts: 13
Email address: peavey100@comcast.net
Web site: http://patverettosfrugalliving.blogspot.com/
Rene Ammundsen
Profile:Having lived in such places as Bella Coola and Bonilla Island and now living on Kains Island, my writing tends to reflect my rather rural perspective. Wife, mother of four, homeschooler, relief lighthouse keeper, online teacher (writing individualized curriculum, supervising, and providing support for other homelearners) ... In my spare time I love to garden, to write, to draw, paint, and dabble in photography.
Number of posts: 2
Email address: ram@fogwhistle.ca
Web site: http://www.fogwhistle.ca/thisnthat
Robert Wade
Profile:
While I've made my living from pursuits ranging from certified welder to college instructor, I'm currently employed as a multimedia and web developer- when I'm not ferrying teenagers back and forth to extracurricular activities. Father, provider . . . and taxi driver. Hobbies, if I had time for such things, would include horses, metal work (machining, welding and enameling) and woodworking. My wife enjoys candle making, stained glass, and rescuing two and four footed strays.
Number of posts: 7
Email address: rjwade@gmail.com
Web site: http://apeculiarplace.com
Sarah Nussbaum
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Sarah Nussbaum is Lehman's Copy Writer and editor of our e-newsletter, Lehman's Front Porch. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, baking, singing in choirs, drinking coffee and her other 'job' (Mommy).
Number of posts: 33
Email address: sarah.nussbaum@lehmans.com
Web site: http://www.lehmans.com
Sarah Kintner
Profile:Sarah K is Lehman’s illustrious Catalog Editor. When she’s not agonizing over layout or testing new products, she can be found riding one of her four horses. She’s also a professional horse trainer and stall mucker extraordinaire.
Number of posts: 2
Email address: sarah.kintner@lehmans.com
Web site: http://www.lehmans.com
Shelley
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Shelley is Lehman’s Art Director. She loves Autumn because of the colorful leaves and pumpkins because they are the happiest vegetable. She’s the hippest Grandma this side of Lake Harmony.
Number of posts: 3
Email address: shelley@lehmans.com
Web site: http://www.lehmans.com
Sherry Ellesson
Profile:Sherry Ellesson is a freelance writer and part-time homebuilder who lives and works in central Delaware. Originally from New England, she credits having been raised by hearty, self-sufficient people for her willingness to stay the course on the journey back to homesteading.
Number of posts: 13
Email address: Sherry.Ellesson@state.de.us
Diane Hostetler
Profile:I have been blessed with an artistic eye in which I use painting or photography to bring out the images in my head.
Number of posts: 4
Email address: diane@lehmans.com
Web site: http://lehmans.com
Sue Steiner
I am a professional artist living in the Kidron area. I painted the farm animal murals in the outdoor cafe area at Lehman's as well as the life sized team of amish work horses at the hitching post in the Buggy Barn. To add to the farm animal theme you'll also find a flock of busy body chickens and Bess, the sweet faced family milk cow that I painted in 2007. It probably goes without saying I enjoy painting animals! My inspiration comes from the beautiful scenic farms and Amish culture in this unique part of the world. Kidron is a beautiful, peaceful community and I love living here. Much of what I paint draws on my sustainable farming and organic market gardening background when we organically farmed 80 acres. Now instead of digging in the dirt (although I still do that sometimes, just not as much!) I prefer to paint and draw the animals and land I cared for. I am mom to 3 active kids living on a smaller hobby farm with my husband. I have 5 horses and some goats because life would just not be the same without them! You're welcome to visit my blog at http://www.amulti-coloredlife.blogspot.com/ to see new artwork or 'work in progress' pics or visit my web site http://www.suesteiner.com/ In addition to murals I also paint with watercolors, pastels, oils, acrylics and graphite. I am currently having a lot of fun expanding my 'Pop Art Farm Animal' Series which consists of colorful, expressive farm animals with lots of personality and attitude!
Number of posts: 40
Email address: artbysue@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.suesteiner.com
