Chris Hardie

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We’re staying busy while holding on

We have shut our inn and winery business, making us one of the millions whose income or job has been lost. We don’t know how long it will take to recover. But we have each other. Like that rope I tied around the chimney, we’re holding on the best we can.

Our world needs more people like Lisa

Our loss is that we need more empathy in this world, not less. That’s the lesson Lisa taught me and the legacy she leaves behind. She’s everything I could have wanted in a sister.

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Stop hoarding, start caring

We’re all in this together. So, stop hoarding and start caring. Be strong for yourself and for your family. Be compassionate. Be generous. Be wise.

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Farm memories last a lifetime

Unplugging and taking in nature is food for the soul and not something you can get from an app. That’s why farm memories last a lifetime.

Cold-weather memories fact checked

Recently, I wrote a column remembering a bitterly-cold Sunday morning “some 45 years ago.” A curious reader helped me fact check my cold weather dates.