In 2018, we learned a farm near my husband’s grandfather’s ranch was for sale. One last-minute plane ride and a long weekend in Missouri and I knew that ranch would be our forever home.
Follow us for Farm Journal entries, dumb city-girl questions, and candid pictures of baby cows (that I’ve since learned, thanks to the wise woman who shares our fence line, are called calves in the Ozarks).
I translate IT into English.
That’s how I usually explain my job in change management — helping people navigate complexity and change.
But I’ve also been learning another language for the past seven years: ranch life in Missouri.
Keep readingAll in the Numbers I’ve spent most of my life working with words. As a journalist, words were my tools. Stories were built from interviews, observations, and carefully chosen phrases. Even now, my professional life still revolves around communication. I think in paragraphs, not spreadsheets.…
Keep readingHow Are the Bees? During one of our regular check-ins with Tom’s Aunt Cindy, she paused mid-conversation, right in the middle of catching up on family and weather, and asked, “How are the bees?” It’s a question we hear a lot. Not just from Cindy.…
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