“I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont's small businesses and thread our state together. It is the mom-and-pop grocers, farm-supply stores, coffee shops, bookstores and barber shops where Vermonters connect, conduct business and check in on one another.” StatesTogetherMomTownsMajorityPopsStoresCoffeeChecksShopsFarmsThreadSmall TownSmall BusinessBookstoresMerchantsCoffee ShopVermontBarbersGrocersBarber Shop Author:Peter Welch
“In a sense, in the area of child care, children's relationships with parents' working has come full circle. We have gone from the mom-and-pop store (or mom-and-pop farm), with its integration of child care and work, to children-at-home and dad-at-work; to the mom-plus-daddy working at home, with its integration of childcare and work again. From mom-and-pop back to mom-and-pop.” ChildrenHomeCareParentGoneMomDadAreasPopsStoresCirclesPlusFarmsIntegrationDaddyChild CareFull CircleChildcare Book:Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it Source: Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it
“In my 20s, my mom and I went and saw the bridges of Madison County, which are in Iowa, and I had seen that movie with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. I've always done these Iowa road trips. I did this transcendental meditation course in Fairfield, Iowa. So I've known since my early 20s that someday I would buy a farm in Iowa.” DoneCoursesKnownSawsMeditationMomMy MomBridgesSomedayFarmsCountyTranscendentalIowaRoad TripMadisonTranscendental MeditationEarly 20s Author:Lissie
“My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life and discovered that despite how lazy and inattentive I was as a child, I had managed to accidentally learn quite a bit about gardening.” ChildrenBitsMastersGrewMomLateGrew UpMy MomDespiteLazyFarmsGardeningGardener Author:Elizabeth Gilbert