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Field Notes: Living in unpainted houses 

Field Notes: Living in unpainted houses 

​​The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. This is the second of seven Field Notes articles focusing on sustainable living, community agriculture and food security. These “Summer of...
Field Notes: Container vegetable gardening 

Field Notes: Container vegetable gardening 

​​The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  Author’s note: For the next seven weeks, Field Notes will focus on sustainable living, community agriculture and food security. These “Summer of...
Field Notes: Editing is the hardest part 

Field Notes: Editing is the hardest part 

​​The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  The apex of my college years occurred on an October Sunday afternoon in 1982. Just after 2 p.m., I typed the last word of a paper on Egyptian boat-building...
Field Notes:  A romantic stance on farm stands 

Field Notes: A romantic stance on farm stands 

​​The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  You are driving home. It’s not a long trip, not so long as to be tedious, anyway. You’re coming from a joyful event, a wedding maybe or a birthday...
Field Notes: That’s not much of an organ, Magnus 

Field Notes: That’s not much of an organ, Magnus 

​​The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  Mine was not a musical family. None of my siblings played an instrument, my mother didn’t even like listening to music, and none of us could carry a tune...