Archive for the Wallace Ranch Category
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Myths and Inconvenient Truths About Children in Poverty
There are many unknown factors when it comes to poverty, especially if you come from a background of the middle and upper classes. Though we can't predict the future, we can dispel some myths, and confirm some inconvenient truths, that collective
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Merry Christmas to My Wife
Merry Christmas My Dearest Peg! Merry Christmas to the one I love Few men hold a star from above For indeed you are a star, a guiding light graced from up high The grace of your devoted love, a gift that money cannot buy It's hard to top
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The Lost Art of Canning
A few of my Twitter followers have asked that I post photos of the process of jarring salsa from our garden harvest. These photos were taken during the 2011 harvest season. It took over ten hours to complete the task of jarring, one that we do
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Canning Season Update
We have been canning at the Wallace Ranch for twelve years now. This year we made several big changes at the ranch. First we built a new greenhouse with expanded capacity for planting a larger variety of vegetables, peppers, flowers, lands
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A Mea Culpa Moment
I would like the tell the story of my own mea culpa moment, which taught me an important lesson--failure to say "I'm sorry," has the potential to seriously alter your own future success. In my memoir, Everything Will Be All Right, I write
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Teens Who Hang With the Wrong Crowd
When a troubled teen starts hanging out with the wrong crowd, bad things will inevitably happen. Children in poverty neighborhoods are especially vulnerable to the influences of street gangs, crime, addictions and violence. Overcoming the nega
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Inspirational Stories to Get Motivated
There comes a time in everyone’s life when we have to make it in our own. For victims of generational poverty, that means venturing into a world with a different culture and a different language—the middle class. To succeed in that effo
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Character Influences Everything
Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about character. In fact, some people believe that most people haven't even considered what character really means. Oscar Wilde once said, "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are
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Vegetable Gardens are Becoming the Latest Trend
This is an image of one of our vegetable gardens, taken at a time of the season when we are getting ready to transfer seedlings from our greenhouse to the garden. At the Wallace Ranchwe will have eight separate vegetable gardens for the spring.
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The Cost of Energy is Too High
This recession has made it almost impossible for struggling families to survive without making huge sacrifices. The high cost of energy is just one of the many factors affecting the finances of the poor. Impoverished families have to rely upon
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