Making Room for Change
Jill Roberts2021-06-03T18:19:05+00:00By Jill Roberts “If you want something different, you are going to have to do something different.” ~Jack Canfield Sounds easy enough; Except, to go from where we are, to where we [...]
2021 Market Schedule
Jill Roberts2021-05-04T12:21:48+00:00An Average Jill is excited to get outdoors again, for the 2021 Outdoor Farmers’ Market season. In addition to homemade granola, I’ll also be introducing a handmade line of handbags and hats, made [...]
A Lesson from a Persnickety Calico Feline
Jill Roberts2021-04-24T11:19:04+00:00Pictured here, is our cat, Zoey, and Claire’s guinea pig, Cow. Claire is my son’s girlfriend, who visits often; Most of the time with Cow in tow. Now, Zoey isn’t very fond [...]
Absence Does Make the Heart Grow Fonder
Jill Roberts2021-04-21T11:57:34+00:00When I was a love sick teenager, and spending every ounce of time relishing in young love, my Mom would often say, “Give them time to miss you.” As a know-it-all teen, [...]
Forgiveness vs. Acceptance
Jill Roberts2021-03-16T12:33:10+00:00I used to confuse forgiveness with acceptance, but I’ve come to understand differently. To forgive someone doesn’t negate the offensive behavior occurred, or didn’t hurt. Nor does it give invitation for the [...]
Spotting Treasures
Jill Roberts2021-03-14T00:16:36+00:00By Jill Roberts My Nana kept the poem, Normal Day by Mary Jean Irion, at her bedside. I imagine she referred to it, as do I, as reminder not to pass over [...]
Don’t Worry
Jill Roberts2021-02-22T16:54:20+00:00By Jill Roberts I used to give much attention away to worry. As I naively believed worry could better prepare me for future scenarios. Until, I began to consider the effort I [...]
Lesson That’s Taken Me The Longest To Learn
Jill Roberts2021-01-24T17:19:29+00:00There’s much research that supports how praying, or wishing the best for others, can have a scientifically measurable effect on an outcome. Conversely, negative thoughts projected towards others, can also impact the [...]
“Out on a Limb”
Jill Roberts2020-12-09T15:13:06+00:00I recently heard on a podcast, someone share a question they were commonly asked by their father in childhood: “What did you fail at today?” The intention was not to ridicule, but [...]
